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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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This Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) graduate received the prestigious Newbery Award for the children's book Missing May.
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What subject was author Mary Meek Atkeson best known for?
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Journalist Bruce Crawford served in all these roles except for which one?
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Porte Crayon was the pen name of what author?
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This author's novel Lost Highway was about a West Virginia country singer.
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Which Davis Grubb book was shot almost entirely on site in Moundsville?
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Maryat Lee founded this theater group in Summers County.
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Who earned the title of West Virginia poet laureate by winning a writing contest?
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This Huntington native's books include The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart and A Hanging at Cinder Bottom.
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