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This Lewisburg native wrote the acclaimed books Town Smokes, The Wrecking Yard, and Dogs of God?
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Uncle Abner was a popular fictional detective from Harrison County created by this author?
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This author who grew up in Bramwell was one of the most-respected poets of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Many of this prominent writer's short stories were inspired by what he saw in Western Virginia during the Civil War.
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In 1851, illustrator David Hunter Strother and his cousin Philip Pendleton Kennedy documented this famous site in a classic book.
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Which one of the following books did author Betsy Byars NOT write?
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Poet Danske Dandridge lived much of her adult life in this Eastern Panhandle county.
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Maryat Lee founded this theater group in Summers County.
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Which one of the following books was NOT written by Harrison County native Meredith Sue Willis?
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This Huntington native's books include The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart and A Hanging at Cinder Bottom.
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