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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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What subject was author Mary Meek Atkeson best known for?
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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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Porte Crayon was the pen name of what author?
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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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This Keyser High School graduate wrote the classic novel Christy about her mother's girlhood in the southern mountains.
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Which one of the following recognitions did Martinsburg native Walter Dean Myers NOT receive?
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Fairmont native Doris Piserchia was best known for her writing in this genre.
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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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