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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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Rebecca Harding Davis's classic short story "Life in the Iron Mills" is about factory work in this city.
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This author who grew up in Bramwell was one of the most-respected poets of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Which author wrote the acclamed short story "Trilobites," originally published in 1977?
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This Wheeling resident wrote the novels Thursday April and Roseanna McCoy.
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Who wrote the civil rights play Great Gettin' Up Mornin', which was broadcast on CBS-TV?
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Six O'clock Mine Report was a 1989 book by this poet laureate.
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Which one of the following recognitions did Martinsburg native Walter Dean Myers NOT receive?
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor wrote which one of these classic books for youth.
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What style of writing was Ruth Ann Musick best known for?
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