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Which famous personality authored the book 'Kids Say the Darndest Things!' that topped the nonfiction bestsellers list for 2 years?

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art linkletter

Who became the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1983?

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alice walker

Which thriller writer earned $1 million for the paperback rights to 'A Stranger is Watching'?

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mary higgins clark

Which author of 'Ship of Fools' won her only Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for a collection of her stories?

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katherine anne porter

Who is the black poetess that won a Pulitzer for 'Annie Allen' and became Illinois' poet laureate in 1969?

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gwendolyn brooks

Which author, known for writing 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles', was awarded the Order of Merit in 1910?

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thomas hardy

What type of literature earned Theodore Roethke, Wallace Stevens, and W.H. Auden the Pulitzer Prize?

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poetry

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