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You might fancy yourself part of the literati. You like to read. You’ve got a good handle on books and the classic literary canon. Well now we’re going to challenge you in a whole new way. We’re going beyond the book and into the author’s life. We’re going to see if you know what these brillShow More
You might fancy yourself part of the literati. You like to read. You’ve got a good handle on books and the classic literary canon. Well now we’re going to challenge you in a whole new way. We’re going beyond the book and into the author’s life. We’re going to see if you know what these brilliant writers look like, with little more than a picture.
You’ll get a picture of one of our favorite authors; maybe a classic gentleman whose name is taught at every university, or perhaps we’ll stretch you a bit to include a woman whose writing on race is life changing. There are so many to choose from, but we’ll narrow it down to twelve.
It’s your job to deduce which pen-wielding mastermind we’ve shown you. Do you think you have the chops to identify all of them? We’ll see how well you’d pass English 101 if it was all in visuals.
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Which magical author is shown here?
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Suzanne Collins
Stephanie Meyer
Madeline L’Engle
J.K. Rowling
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This author is famous for satirical, dark, and pointed works including plays, short stories, and novels.
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Kurt Vonnegut
Allen Ginsberg
Hunter S. Thompson
Philip K. Dick
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Which utterly fabulous author and playwright is this?
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George Bernard Shaw
Oscar Wilde
Tennessee Williams
Edward Albee
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Which prominent feminist writer is pictured here?
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Gloria Steinem
Betty Freidan
Simone de Beauvoir
Virginia Woolf
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Which classic American novelist is pictured here?
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William Faulkner
John Updike
Mark Twain
John Steinbeck
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Another American, this man wrote about the American dream, hope, and cynicism.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Cormac McCarthy
J.D. Salinger
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This author knows why the caged bird sings.
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Toni Morrison
Maya Angelou
Octavia Butler
Zora Neale Hurston
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We're jumping back a ways to a prolific author who started out with serialized novels.
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John Stuart Mill
George Eliot
Charles Dickens
William Thackeray
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Which mystery writer is pictured here?
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Agatha Christie
Sue Grafton
Ruth Rendell
Patricia Highsmith
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Some fans despair that this author will never finish his series.
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Ransom Riggs
Brandon Sanderson
Patrick Rothfuss
George R. R. Martin
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This man definitely knows how to write a scary story.
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Stephen King
Clive Barker
Dean Koontz
Neil Gaiman
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This author creates worlds that are terrifying, yet all too believable.
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