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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 author, who lived in Monroe County and Charleston, was one of the most significant journalists of the early 1800s.
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Critic John Peale Bishop was born in this Eastern Panhandle city.
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In 1851, illustrator David Hunter Strother and his cousin Philip Pendleton Kennedy documented this famous site in a classic book.
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Poet Danske Dandridge lived much of her adult life in this Eastern Panhandle county.
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Which Davis Grubb book was shot almost entirely on site in Moundsville?
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Who served the longest time (38 years) as West Virginia's poet laureate?
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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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In 1927, this Tucker County native became West Virginia's first poet laureate.
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This West Virginia filmmaker was also known for writing graphic novels such as Chillers and children's books.
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