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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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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 Thomas Dunn English poems is NOT about West Virginia?
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Who wrote the civil rights play Great Gettin' Up Mornin', which was broadcast on CBS-TV?
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This author is best-known for his 1935 debut novel, Waiting for Nothing, about the Great Depression.
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Which one of the following recognitions did Martinsburg native Walter Dean Myers NOT receive?
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Hubert Skidmore wrote a novel about this disaster.
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What style of writing was Ruth Ann Musick best known for?
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