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What pen name did J.K. Rowling use to write her Cormoran Strike detective novels?
What does the 'R.R.' stand for in the name of 'A Song of Ice and Fire' author George R.R. Martin?
Stephen King published several early novels, including 'The Running Man' and 'Thinner', under what pseudonym?
What do the initials 'J.R.R.' stand for in the name of 'The Lord of the Rings' author J.R.R. Tolkien?
Which famous mystery author vanished for 11 days in 1926, sparking a massive nationwide manhunt?
Before creating Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle worked in what profession?
When Jane Austen's novel 'Sense and Sensibility' was first published in 1811, how was the author credited on the title page?
What was the real birth name of the American author famously known as Mark Twain?
Which novel by Charles Dickens was left half-finished at the time of his death in 1870?
In which English market town was the legendary playwright William Shakespeare born and buried?
Which American author is widely credited with coining the term 'Jazz Age' to describe the roaring 1920s?
The estate of Ernest Hemingway in Key West, Florida, is famous for housing dozens of descendants of his pet cat, which had what unique physical trait?
Which iconic gothic novel was written by an 18-year-old Mary Shelley during a rainy summer in Switzerland?
Bram Stoker, the creator of 'Dracula', spent much of his career working as the business manager for which famous London theatre?
C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were both prominent members of which informal Oxford literary discussion group?
Before writing 'The Hunger Games', Suzanne Collins was a writer for several 90s children's television shows, including which Nickelodeon hit?
During World War II, beloved children's author Roald Dahl served in what role for the Royal Air Force?
What was the real first and last name of the famous author known as Dr. Seuss?
Harper Lee, the author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', was a childhood friend of which other famous American writer?
Which American author lived in notoriously strict seclusion in Cornish, New Hampshire, for over 50 years after the success of 'The Catcher in the Rye'?
The dystopian author George Orwell was born in India under what real name?
Ray Bradbury famously wrote his classic sci-fi novel 'Fahrenheit 451' on a coin-operated typewriter in the basement of a university library located in which city?
Which Canadian author of 'The Handmaid's Tale' invented and patented the LongPen, a remote robotic writing technology?
In his 1962 travelogue 'Travels with Charley', author John Steinbeck drove across America with what breed of dog?
Before writing massive bestselling thrillers like 'The Da Vinci Code', Dan Brown unsuccessfully pursued a career in which field, releasing a self-titled album in 1994?
Ian Fleming drew heavy inspiration for his James Bond novels from his time working in what division during World War II?
Rick Riordan initially created the character of Percy Jackson to tell as a bedtime story to his son, who had recently been diagnosed with what?
Author Stephenie Meyer claimed that the premise for her bestselling vampire novel 'Twilight' originally came to her in what way?
E.B. White is famous for writing 'Charlotte's Web', but he also famously updated and co-authored which essential English writing guide?
When Beatrix Potter died in 1943, she left over 4,000 acres of land and 15 farms to which UK conservation organisation?
Besides writing 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' under the pen name Lewis Carroll, Charles Dodgson was an academic in which field at Oxford?
Which H.G. Wells novel famously caused a panic in the US when it was adapted into a realistic news-style radio broadcast by Orson Welles in 1938?
Which pioneering science fiction author wrote 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea', featuring the advanced submarine Nautilus?
Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious and wearing someone else's clothes on the streets of which US city shortly before his mysterious death in 1849?
After his novels fell into obscurity, 'Moby-Dick' author Herman Melville spent 19 years working in what profession in New York City?
Which French author famously wrote the shortest correspondence in history, sending a simple '?' to his publisher to ask how his new novel 'Les Misérables' was selling?
Which iconic Russian author of 'War and Peace' was excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1901?
Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky suffered a traumatic event in 1849 that deeply influenced his writing. What was it?
Virginia Woolf was a central figure in which influential group of associated English writers, intellectuals, and artists in the early 20th century?
What is the title of the only novel written by the poet Sylvia Plath, originally published in 1963 under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas?
Who became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993, having written acclaimed works like 'Beloved'?
At whose 1993 US presidential inauguration did the celebrated poet and author Maya Angelou recite her poem 'On the Pulse of Morning'?
Alice Walker, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'The Color Purple', is credited with coining what term to describe Black feminism?
Which incredibly prolific American thriller author holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers?
Before writing hit legal thrillers like 'The Firm' and 'A Time to Kill', John Grisham held what profession?
The estate of bestselling espionage author Tom Clancy is part-owner of which Major League Baseball team?
Besides writing massive blockbusters like 'Jurassic Park', Michael Crichton also created which long-running, Emmy-winning medical drama?
A.A. Milne named his character Winnie-the-Pooh after a real black bear that his son, Christopher Robin, frequently visited in which city's zoo?
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of 'The Little Prince', mysteriously disappeared in 1944 while doing what?
In 1929, author J.M. Barrie gifted the rights to 'Peter Pan' to which children's hospital in London, allowing them to collect the royalties ever since?
L. Frank Baum wrote which classic 1900 children's book, heavily inspired by his time living in the austere landscape of South Dakota?
During the American Civil War, 'Little Women' author Louisa May Alcott served briefly in what role in a Union hospital?
L.M. Montgomery's novel 'Anne of Green Gables' has driven literary tourism for over a century to which Canadian province?
Which author wrote the classic children's novels 'The Secret Garden' and 'A Little Princess'?
Before writing the spooky 'Goosebumps' series, R.L. Stine spent 10 years creating and writing what kind of magazine for kids?
Due to her frank discussions of puberty and teenage sexuality in the 1970s and 80s, author Judy Blume has frequently been included on what type of literary lists?
Beloved children's author Beverly Cleary, creator of the character Ramona Quimby, worked in what profession before she started writing?
In addition to writing children's poetry books like 'Where the Sidewalk Ends', Shel Silverstein wrote which famous hit song for Johnny Cash?
Children's author Eric Carle is most famous for his vibrant, collage-style picture book about a very hungry what?
Maurice Sendak originally intended his book 'Where the Wild Things Are' to be titled 'Where the Wild [what] Are', but changed it because he couldn't draw them well?
Ursula K. Le Guin's acclaimed science fiction novel 'The Left Hand of Darkness' is set on an icy planet where the inhabitants uniquely lack what trait?
Frank Herbert was inspired to write his sci-fi epic 'Dune' after studying an environmental project intended to stop the movement of what in Oregon?
Which prolific science fiction author formulated the famous 'Three Laws of Robotics' in his 1942 short story 'Runaround'?
Science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke is credited with first proposing the concept for what piece of modern technology in a 1945 paper?
The 1982 Harrison Ford film 'Blade Runner' was based on the novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' by which author?
According to Douglas Adams' 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', what number is the 'Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything'?
To celebrate his knighthood in 2009, 'Discworld' author Sir Terry Pratchett famously forged his own sword using deposits of what unusual material?
Author Neil Gaiman first rose to prominence in the comic book industry by creating which acclaimed dark fantasy series for DC/Vertigo?
Which author wrote the massive bestselling 2012 psychological thriller 'Gone Girl'?
The author of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo', Stieg Larsson, sadly died of a heart attack in 2004 before achieving what milestone?
Before writing his bestselling debut novel 'The Kite Runner', Khaled Hosseini practiced what profession in California for ten years?
Which author won the Man Booker Prize for 'Life of Pi', a novel about a boy stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger?
Australian author Markus Zusak wrote 'The Book Thief', a bestselling novel set in Nazi Germany that is uniquely narrated by whom?
Along with writing hit young adult novels like 'The Fault in Our Stars', author John Green and his brother Hank are famous for creating which massive educational YouTube channel?
Veronica Roth famously wrote her bestselling dystopian debut novel 'Divergent' during winter break while she was supposed to be doing what?
Which author wrote the popular young adult dystopian science fiction series 'The Maze Runner'?
E.L. James's bestselling erotic romance 'Fifty Shades of Grey' originally began as fanfiction based on the characters of which other book series?
Which author wrote the 1996 transgressive novel 'Fight Club', which was later adapted into a cult classic film starring Brad Pitt?
Cormac McCarthy, author of 'The Road' and 'No Country for Old Men', was famously known for strictly refusing to use what grammatical feature in his writing?
Which British Nobel Prize-winning author wrote the acclaimed, melancholy novels 'The Remains of the Day' and 'Never Let Me Go'?
Before becoming a full-time author of surreal novels like 'Norwegian Wood' and 'Kafka on the Shore', Haruki Murakami owned and operated what kind of business in Tokyo?
Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez is considered a pioneer of which literary genre, prominently featured in his masterpiece 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'?
Brazilian author Paulo Coelho claims he wrote his massively successful philosophical novel 'The Alchemist' in how much time?
The acclaimed author of 'The House of the Spirits', Isabel Allende, is related to Salvador Allende, the former president of which South American country?
Miguel de Cervantes, the renowned Spanish author of 'Don Quixote', permanently lost the use of what body part while fighting in the Battle of Lepanto?
Dante Alighieri famously wrote his epic masterpiece 'The Divine Comedy' after being permanently exiled from which Italian city under threat of death?
According to ancient Greek tradition, the epic poet Homer, credited with composing 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey', suffered from what physical disability?
In 1895, the famous playwright and author of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', Oscar Wilde, was notoriously imprisoned for two years for what crime?
Jack London drew heavily on his own grueling experiences participating in which historical event to write 'The Call of the Wild' and 'White Fang'?
Kurt Vonnegut based his masterpiece 'Slaughterhouse-Five' on his experience miraculously surviving the Allied firebombing of which German city by hiding in an underground meat locker?
Joseph Heller coined a famous paradoxical phrase with the title of his 1961 satirical WWII novel. What is the phrase?
Richard Adams' classic 1972 novel 'Watership Down' is an epic adventure tale following a group of which animals?
Which British author won the Nobel Prize in Literature and is best known for his bleak 1954 allegorical novel 'Lord of the Flies'?
Truman Capote helped pioneer the modern 'true crime' genre with which massively successful 1966 non-fiction novel about the murder of the Clutter family?
What is the title of Ralph Ellison's highly acclaimed 1952 novel about an unnamed African American protagonist struggling to survive in New York City?
In addition to writing the classic novel 'Their Eyes Were Watching God', Zora Neale Hurston was a trained anthropologist who travelled to Haiti and Jamaica to study what?
When Charlotte Brontë first published her masterpiece 'Jane Eyre' in 1847, she disguised her identity using what male pen name?
How many novels did Emily Brontë publish in her lifetime before her tragic death from tuberculosis at age 30?
Author P.L. Travers famously wept at the premiere and strongly disliked the animated sequences in the 1964 Disney film adaptation of which of her books?
Author Michael Bond was inspired to create which beloved children's book character after spotting a lonely teddy bear on a shelf near a London railway station?