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This Lewisburg native wrote the acclaimed books Town Smokes, The Wrecking Yard, and Dogs of God?
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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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Which author wrote the acclamed short story "Trilobites," originally published in 1977?
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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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Poet Danske Dandridge lived much of her adult life in this Eastern Panhandle county.
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Which one of the following is NOT known primarily as an author of children's books?
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Six O'clock Mine Report was a 1989 book by this poet laureate.
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Which one of the following recognitions did Martinsburg native Walter Dean Myers NOT receive?
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This West Virginia filmmaker was also known for writing graphic novels such as Chillers and children's books.
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