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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 Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) graduate received the prestigious Newbery Award for the children's book Missing May.
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This McDowell County native is best known for his books about his hometown of Coalwood?
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Critic John Peale Bishop was born in this Eastern Panhandle city.
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Poet Danske Dandridge lived much of her adult life in this Eastern Panhandle county.
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This author was the daughter of the 1924 Democratic candidate for president.
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Which one of the following is NOT known primarily as an author of children's books?
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The mythic lumberjack Tony Beaver was created by this author.
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Which one of the following recognitions did Martinsburg native Walter Dean Myers NOT receive?
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