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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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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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Which of the following was NOT written by Charleston native Mary Lee Settle?
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Which institution of higher learning was author, poet, journalist, and educator Waitman Barbe closely associated with?
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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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Journalist Bruce Crawford served in all these roles except for which one?
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Poet Danske Dandridge lived much of her adult life in this Eastern Panhandle county.
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The mythic lumberjack Tony Beaver was created by this author.
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What style of writing was Ruth Ann Musick best known for?
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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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