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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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Which classic movie was based on a novel by Moundsville native Davis Grubb?
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This McDowell County native is best known for his books about his hometown of Coalwood?
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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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Author W. E. Blackhurst's novel Riders of the Flood is about which industry?
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W. E. R. Byrne wrote a class book about this river.
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Journalist Bruce Crawford served in all these roles except for which one?
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Who served the longest time (38 years) as West Virginia's poet laureate?
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Which one of the following books was NOT written by Harrison County native Meredith Sue Willis?
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What style of writing was Ruth Ann Musick best known for?
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