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This McDowell County native is best known for his books about his hometown of Coalwood?
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This author, who lived in Monroe County and Charleston, was one of the most significant journalists of the early 1800s.
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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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Author W. E. Blackhurst's novel Riders of the Flood is about which industry?
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In 1970, "Appalachia" became the first published poem by this author.
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Which one of the following Thomas Dunn English poems is NOT about West Virginia?
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The mythic lumberjack Tony Beaver was created by this author.
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Which one of the following recognitions did Martinsburg native Walter Dean Myers NOT receive?
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This author's critically acclaimed novels include In the Language of Miracles and A Pure Heart.
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