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Which classic movie was based on a novel by Moundsville native Davis Grubb?
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Which author wrote the acclamed short story "Trilobites," originally published in 1977?
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Which Davis Grubb book was shot almost entirely on site in Moundsville?
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Which poet laureate wrote a special poem for West Virginia's Sesquicentennial in 2013?
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Which one of the following is NOT known primarily as an author of children's books?
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Maryat Lee founded this theater group in Summers County.
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This Keyser High School graduate wrote the classic novel Christy about her mother's girlhood in the southern mountains.
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Novelist Mittie Frances Clarke Point wrote under this pen name.
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Fairmont native Doris Piserchia was best known for her writing in this genre.
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What style of writing was Ruth Ann Musick best known for?
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