Famous Authors Trivia Questions
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Which author wrote 'The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc' 14 years after writing 'The Prince and the Pauper'?
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mark twain
Which author wrote 'The Snow Man', 'The Snowdrop', 'The Ice Maiden', and 'The Snow Queen'?
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hans christian andersen
Which famous author had to leave school and work as a printer's apprentice at the Hannibal Courier when his father died in 1847?
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mark twain
Who is the author associated with the epitaph 'Quoth the raven nevermore'?
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edgar allan poe
Which author said, 'Miss Marple insinuated herself so quietly into my life that I hardly noticed her arrival'?
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agatha christie
Which author begins her novel 'One, Two, Buckle My Shoe' with Hercule Poirot at the dentist's office?
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agatha christie
Which author wrote the famous novel 'Lolita' while teaching Russian literature at Cornell?
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vladimir nabokov
Which author, known for writing 'The Sun Also Rises', wintered in Schruns, Austria where he preferred to go where the rain turns to snow?
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ernest hemingway
Which renowned mystery author studied singing in Paris as a teenager?
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agatha christie
Which author, known for his novel 'The World According to Garp,' once had a license plate that read 'Garp' before gaining fame?
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john irving
Who is the 'Little House on the Prairie' author that once served as the poultry editor for the St. Louis Star?
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laura ingalls wilder
Who wrote the novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'?
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oscar wilde
Who is the author of 'The Color Purple' and won a 1986 O. Henry Prize for her story 'Kindred Spirits'?
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alice walker
Who is the author who created the character Mike Hammer and also played this character in the 1963 film 'The Girl Hunters'?
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mickey spillane
Who is the great-grandfather of novelist Monica, who was never likely called an 'old curiosity' by her?
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charles dickens
Who is the author of 'Mein Kampf' who wrote, 'Germany will either be a world power or there will be no Germany'?
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adolf hitler
Which author, known for her book on social manners, had her 'Etiquette' book in its 10th edition at the time of her death in 1960?
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emily post
What author is the subject of Anne Edwards' biography titled 'Road to Tara'?
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margaret mitchell
Which Gabor sister wrote 'How to Catch a Man, How to Keep a Man, How to Get Rid of a Man'?
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zsa zsa gabor
Who, with the assistance of Anne Sullivan and John Macy, published 'The Story of My Life' in 1902?
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helen keller
Which author had his renowned story 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro' published in Esquire in 1936?
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ernest hemingway
Who wrote book reviews for The New Yorker under the pseudonym 'Constant Reader'?
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dorothy parker
Which author published 'The Gremlins' 20 years before 'Charlie & The Chocolate Factory'?
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roald dahl
Which New Jerseyan authored 'Trees,' described by the Grolier Encyclopedia as 'A work full of sentiment & confused simile'?
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joyce kilmer
Which author of 'Valley of the Dolls' appeared off-Broadway in 'The Madwoman of Chaillot' in 1970?
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jacqueline susann
Which individual, born in Winsted, practiced law in Connecticut before authoring 'Unsafe At Any Speed'?
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ralph nader
Which author wrote her 32nd bestseller, 'Accident,' which tells the story of a head-on collision that changes the lives of five families?
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danielle steel
Who was a high school English teacher in Maine when their first book was published in 1974?
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stephen king
At the age of 66, which Tarzan creator became a war correspondent for the Honolulu Advertiser?
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edgar rice burroughs
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kenneth grahame
Which sitcom star reads his own book 'Dirty Jokes and Beer,' with possible inspiration from his time in Cleveland?
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drew carey
Which author was born near Dorchester, where you can visit the cottage mentioned in their work 'Far From the Madding Crowd'?
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thomas hardy
Which nightmarish authoress is Shelley Duvall named after, who also inspired her as an executive producer for 'Nightmare Classics'?
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mary shelley
Which woman writer, whose publisher was John Murray, authored 'Emma' and 'Mansfield Park'?
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jane austen
Which French novelist, famous for his unparalleled work, wrote the libretto for Monpou's 'Le Piquillo'?
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alexandre dumas
Which comic wrote the book 'No Shirt. No Shoes. No Problem!' and is known for saying 'you might be a redneck'?
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jeff foxworthy
Which author of 'Little Women' received much of her education from her father, Bronson?
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louisa may alcott
Who is the author known for the quotations 'Too few is as many as too many' and 'Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose'?
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gertrude stein
Which author wrote about 'Hollywood Wives' before focusing on 'Hollywood Husbands'?
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jackie collins
Who is the author of 'O Pioneers!'?
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willa cather
Which novelist has a turnip, potato, and mushroom garnish named after them that doesn't take '80 days' to prepare?
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jules verne
Which author, known for works like 'Daddy' and 'Zoya', had their first 6 romance novels initially published in paperback?
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danielle steel
Who is the British romance novelist known as the 'Queen of Romance' who wrote 'The Wicked Marquis' and 'The Impetuous Duchess'?
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barbara cartland
Which notable woman has written some of her romance novels under the name Barbara McCorquodale?
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barbara cartland
Which California poet was the movie 'Barfly' based on?
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charles bukowski
Which author known for 'Waiting for Godot' wrote 'The Unnamable', which is part of an unusual prose trilogy featuring a narrator living in a jar?
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samuel beckett
Which West Point washout and author of 'The Raven,' born in Boston in 1809, hails from this city?
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edgar allan poe
Who is the author whose little house in Mansfield, Missouri, where she wrote the 'Little House' books, is now a museum?
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laura ingalls wilder
Which author, known for writing 'The Andromeda Strain,' was a fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in 1969 and 1970?
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michael crichton
Which author wrote about the Chinese people, saying 'They yield, they bend to the wind, but they never break'?
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pearl s. buck
Which author gained fame with her 1970 book 'Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret'?
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judy blume
Which author, known for writing 'Roots', has a childhood home in Henning, Tennessee that contains memorabilia related to his work?
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alex haley
Who is the 'Pulp Fiction' star whose book 'Propeller One-Way Night Coach' was published in 1997?
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john travolta
Who is the author of 'A Man Without a Country' whose great-uncle was Nathan Hale?
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edward everett hale
Which author, known for 'Hollywood Wives,' claimed that everything written in her books is true?
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jackie collins
Which 19th-century American writer, known for his scary stories, also wrote the love poem 'Annabel Lee'?
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edgar allan poe
Which famous singer, known for the song 'Nobody Does It Better', wrote children's books like 'Amy the Dancing Bear'?
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carly simon
Which novelist, known for writing 'Exodus,' has a last name that is derived from the word Yerushalmi, meaning man of Jerusalem?
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leon uris
Which author, while in hiding, wrote 'Haroun and the Sea of Stories' in 1990?
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salman rushdie
Which counterculture comic authored the book 'Brain Droppings'?
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george carlin
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