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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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Which Morgantown native and author is known for popular novels like Flight of the Intruder and Under Siege?
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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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Which of the following was NOT a poet laureate of West Virginia?
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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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Journalist Bruce Crawford served in all these roles except for which one?
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This author was the daughter of the 1924 Democratic candidate for president.
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This author wrote two classic novels about the southern coalfields.
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Who earned the title of West Virginia poet laureate by winning a writing contest?
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