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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 Lewisburg native wrote the acclaimed books Town Smokes, The Wrecking Yard, and Dogs of God?
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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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Porte Crayon was the pen name of what author?
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This author was the daughter of the 1924 Democratic candidate for president.
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In 1970, "Appalachia" became the first published poem by this author.
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Which Davis Grubb book was shot almost entirely on site in Moundsville?
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Hubert Skidmore wrote a novel about this disaster.
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This Keyser native wrote the memoir Colored People
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