Famous Authors Trivia Questions
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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
What name did the novelist, originally named Irving Tennenbaum, use when he wrote books about Van Gogh and Michelangelo?
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irving stone
Which author published 'Eventyr, fortalte for Born,' also known as 'Fairy Tales, Told for Children,' in 1835?
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hans christian andersen
Who is the author of the 1995 bestseller 'The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success'?
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deepak chopra
Who is the author of 'The 100 Secret Senses'?
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amy tan
Who is the author known for best-sellers such as 'The Dilbert Principle' and 'Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook'?
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scott adams
Who is the author of 'God's Little Acre' and the son of a missionary who ministered to sharecroppers?
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erskine caldwell
Who wrote, 'My country is the world and my religion is to do good' in 'The Rights of Man'?
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thomas paine
Which former first daughter has authored numerous murder mysteries, including 'Murder in the White House'?
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margaret truman
Who is the author known for both math books like 'Symbolic Logic' and fantasy works such as 'The Hunting of the Snark'?
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lewis carroll
Who is the Algerian-born French author who wrote 'The Stranger' and later worked for the resistance during WWII?
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albert camus
Which co-star of 'Arthur' offers advice on directing Shakespeare and other classic plays in his book 'Stage Directions'?
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john gielgud
Which author, whose father was a Hungarian immigrant, hailed from Kalamazoo and wrote 'Show Boat'?
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edna ferber
Who is the author of 'The Chimpanzee Family Book' and 'My Friends the Wild Chimpanzees'?
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jane goodall
Which prolific author has kept us in suspense with novels like 1997's 'Pretend You Don't See Her'?
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mary higgins clark
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