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Which classic movie was based on a novel by Moundsville native Davis Grubb?
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This author, who lived in Monroe County and Charleston, was one of the most significant journalists of the early 1800s.
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This Wheeling resident wrote the novels Thursday April and Roseanna McCoy.
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Which one of the following books did author Betsy Byars NOT write?
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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 is NOT known primarily as an author of children's books?
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Maryat Lee founded this theater group in Summers County.
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This Buckhannon native won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 2023 novel Night Watch, about a mother and daughter in West Virginia after the Civil War.
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The Recollections of Fifty Years of West Virginia was written by which governor?
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