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
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