Historical clue formulations

• #1 on a list, maybe — 2021-02-27
• Standout work — 2020-10-31
• *What a writer hopes to write — 2006-11-01
• King's specialty? — 2006-08-17
• Author's success — 2005-11-08
• Any Grisham novel — 2000-05-22
• Kind of list — 1998-03-14
• It's #1 — 1997-07-11
• Author's dream — 1994-03-20