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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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What subject was author Mary Meek Atkeson best known for?
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Which of the following was NOT written by Charleston native Mary Lee Settle?
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Which Davis Grubb book was shot almost entirely on site in Moundsville?
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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 Keyser High School graduate wrote the classic novel Christy about her mother's girlhood in the southern mountains.
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The mythic lumberjack Tony Beaver was created by this author.
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In 1927, this Tucker County native became West Virginia's first poet laureate.
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