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Which Ritchie County native coached basketball teams to two National Invitational Tournament championships and authored a series of books about fictional sports star Chip Hilton?
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Uncle Abner was a popular fictional detective from Harrison County created by this author?
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In 1938, this Pocahontas County native became the first American woman honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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W. E. R. Byrne wrote a class book about this river.
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This author wrote two classic novels about the southern coalfields.
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Who served the longest time (38 years) as West Virginia's poet laureate?
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Maryat Lee founded this theater group in Summers County.
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Novelist Mittie Frances Clarke Point wrote under this pen name.
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What style of writing was Ruth Ann Musick best known for?
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Who earned the title of West Virginia poet laureate by winning a writing contest?
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