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This very challenging quiz involves matching authors to the state in which they were born. Good luck!
Snarky Stephen Colbert, author of I Am America (And So Can You!) was born in which eastern state/territory?
New Jersey
Washington, D.C.
New York
Maine
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John Grisham & Laurell K. Hamilton were both born in this state in the heart of America:
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
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Hawaii is the birthplace of which award-winning children's/young adult author?
Shannon Hale
Stephenie Meyer
Lois Lowry
Rick Riordan
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L. Ron Hubbard, the famous Scientology author, was born in which bread basket state?
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
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Beverly Clearly was born in which coastal state/territory?
Guam
New York
California
Oregon
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Larry McMurtry has which large state/territory listed on his birth certificate?
Alaska
Texas
California
Montana
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Vastly different authors V.C. Andrews and Willa Cather were both born in this formerly Confederate state:
Virginia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
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Laura Ingalls Wilder & Thornton Wilder were both born in this northern state:
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Wyoming
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Hard-living Hunter S. Thompson was born in which coal state?
Montana
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
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Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife, was born in which Great Lakes state?
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohio
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Although she now lives in Ireland, paranormal fiction author C.E. Murphy was born in what oil state?
Texas
Alaska
Louisiana
California
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Zelda Fitzgerald, Helen Keller, Harper Lee, Fannie Flagg, and Zora Neale Hurston all born in what southern state?
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
Alabama
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Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, was born in what free state?
Connecticut
Maine
New York
New Jersey
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Double-threat Howard Pyle, author and acclaimed illustrator, came from which of the original thirteen colonies?
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Connecticut
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Humorist and environmentalist Carl Hiaasen was born in which national-park laden state?
Florida
Alaska
California
Wyoming
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Norman Bridwell, creator of Clifford the Big Red Dog, was born in what traditionally red state?
Texas
Mississippi
Indiana
Missouri
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Master of horror Stephen King was born in what short-named state/territory?
Iowa
Maine
Guam
Ohio
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Lillian Hellman, whose plays broke the molds, was born in what Mississippi River state?
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mississippi
Louisiana
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Dashiell Hammett, author of the famous noir The Maltese Falcon and creator of the hard-drinking humorous detectives Nick and Nora Charles was born in what predominantly Protestant state?
New Jersey
New York
Maryland
Maine
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Jack London, famous for his works set in cold places, was born in what warm U.S. state/territory?
California
Texas
Puerto Rico
Guam
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Popular mystery author J.A. Jance was born in what southwestern state?
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Arizona
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Writer, puppeteer, and librarian Pura Belpre was born in what state/territory containing a "p"?
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Mississippi
New Hampshire
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Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys, was born in what Appalachian state?
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
West Virginia
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The musical Guys and Dolls was based on multiple stories by Damon Runyon who was born in:
Oklahoma
New Jersey
New York
Kansas
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Multiple award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Connie Willis was born in what Rocky Mountain state?
Wyoming
Colorado
Montana
Idaho
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Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell wrote about the burning of Atlanta, Georgia, but where was she born?
Georgia
Mississippi
Virginia
Tennessee
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Stephen Ambrose, author of Undaunted Courage about the Lewis and Clark Expedition was born in what state along the Expedition's trail?
Montana
Wyoming
Missouri
Illinois
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Famed authors Maya Angelou and Mark Twain were both born in this state starting with an "M:"
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
Minnesota
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What Nebula and Hugo award-winning author was born in Ohio?
Roger Zelazny
Neil Gaiman
China Mieville
Dan Simmons
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Tony Hillerman, famous for his mysteries staring Navajo characters, was born in what state along the Trail of Tears?
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Missouri
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Globe-trotting Jazz Age author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in a state not exactly known for glitz and glamor. He also wrote his first major novel, This Side of Paradise, while living in his birth state:
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Carolina
Iowa
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Although poet Ezra Pound would grow up, move to Italy, become an expatriate and a fascist, he was first born in what conservative western state?
Wyoming
Utah
Montana
Idaho
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Before he thought that he saw it on Mulberry Street, Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in what state (with a kind of Seussian name)?
Massachusetts
Alabama
Mississippi
Connecticut
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Wallace Stegner, Pulitzer Prize winner for Angel in Repose, was born in what four-letter state?
Iowa
Ohio
Utah
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Although John Irving's movie adaptation of his book The Cider House Rules contains the quote, "Good night you princes of Maine. You kings of New England," Irving was not born in Maine. From what New England state did Irving come?
New Jersey
New York
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
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Janet Evanovich, author of the Stephanie Plum series, sometimes writes about the mob. In what mafia-linked state was Evanovich born?
California
Illinois
New York
New Jersey
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Author of Bless Me, Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya is a famed Chicano author. Where was he born?
Puerto Rico
New Mexico
California
Texas
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Which author is a native of Tennessee?
Eric Jerome Dickey
Tennessee Williams
Mark Twain
T. C. Boyle
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Rose Wilder, daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, was born in what Great Plains state?
Montana
South Dakota
North Dakota
Nebraska
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Frank Herbert, author of Dune, wasn't exactly born in a dry state. In fact he was born in a rather wet one. Where was he born?
Louisiana
Florida
Washington
Oregon
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Shannon Hale, award-winning young adult author, was once a missionary in Paraguay. She was also born in a state famous for its religious beginning. That state is:
Virginia
Utah
Massachusetts
Connecticut
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Early author of the weird H.P. Lovecraft was born in what two-name state?
Rhode Island
New Mexico
South Dakota
New York
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Playwright Ernest Thompson wrote the famous play On Golden Pond when he was 28. He was born in the 14th state. That state is:
Rhode Island
Vermont
Kentucky
North Carolina
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Tennessee Williams, who was not born in Tennessee, was born in what "s" state?
Illinois
Mississippi
South Dakota
South Carolina
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Edgar-award winning author C.J. Box was born in what lowly-populated state?
Alaska
Wyoming
Montana
North Dakota
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Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard out of Carolina, was born in which?
North Carolina
South Carolina
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Encyclopedia Brittanica-reading A. J. Jacobs is also the editor at large of Esquire magazine. Both Jacobs and Esquire were produced in this state:
New York
New Jersey
California
Washington
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Detective novelist Michael Connelly was born in a state with double letters. That state is:
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Hawaii
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Ivan Doig makes it a little easier for us. He published a novel with his birth state in the title. The title is Ride with Me, Mariah...what?
Alaska
Colorado
Ohio
Montana
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Freebie: Nevada Barr was born in what state?
Nevada - this is the correct answer
Rhode Island - this is the wrong answer
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