Letter Trails

[Rudi]

The full name of a well-known author is hidden in each of the three-by-three letter grids below.
To find the name, start at any letter and move from letter to letter by traveling to any adjacent letter—across, up, down, or diagonally.
You may come back to a letter you've used previously, but may not stay in the same spot twice in a row.
You will not always need all nine letters in the grid.

Puzzle complete!

1.
O    N    D
P    E    A
R    L    X

2.
G    N    R
H    I    V
O    J    E

3.
K    K    R
C    E    O
J    A    U

4.
A    P    D
S    O    N
S    J    H

[HansV]

3.

Spoiler

Jack Kerouac

4.

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John Dos Passos

[HansV]

2.

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John Irving

[Rudi]

Excellent progress. All correct.

[HansV]

1. The only one I can come up with, but probably not the one you had in mind, is:

Spoiler

L(loyd) ALEXANDER

[jstevens]

1.

Spoiler

Edgar Allen Poe

Regards,
John

[HansV]

I'm a frayed knot - there is no G in #1...

[jstevens]

Ahhh...I thought it was between the E and the A.

Time for another

Regards,
John

[HansV]

Even then, you wouldn't be allowed to use the same L twice in a row...
But still, a good attempt!

[jstevens]

1. How about?

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Alexander Pope

Regards,
John

[HansV]

Yep, I think that does it!

(Rudi will have to confirm it of course)

[Rudi]

Your persistence payed of guys. Well done.