Who wrote the novel on which 'The Silence of the Lambs' was based?

Who wrote the novel on which 'The Godfather' was based? Who wrote the novel on which 'Gone with the Wind' was based? Who wrote the novella on which 'The Shawshank Redemption' was based? Who wrote the novel on which 'Forrest Gump' was based? Who wrote the novel on which 'Fight Club' was based? Who wrote the novel on which 'The Hunger Games' films are based? Who wrote the novels on which the 'Twilight' films are based? Who wrote the novel on which Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' (2018) was based?