1. His work has included "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" and "The Right Stuff." Can you name the author? Tom Wolfe Ted Conover Rex Reed Jack Kerouac

2. She has often written about California. Her non-fiction work includes two collections of essays, "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" (1968) and "The White Album"(1979). Can you name her? Anne Tyler Janet Flanner Pauline Kael Joan Didion

3. He wrote "Into Thin Air", "Into the Wild" and "Under the Banner of Heaven." Can you name this mountain-climbing writer? Stacy Allison Jim Wickwire Jon Krakauer Lou Whittaker

4. Peter Matthiessen's 1980 book, "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse". is the true story of a 1973 shoot-out between government agents and members of AIM (the American Indian Movement). Where did this incident take place? Wounded Knee Tucson Santa Fe Little Big Horn

5. This famous playwright also wrote several autobiographical books: "Pentimento", published in 1973, "An Unfinished Woman" (1969), and "Scoundrel Time"(1978). Who was she? Susan Sontag Lillian Hellman Dorothy Parker Mary McCarthy

6. Steven Ambrose published "Undaunted Courage" in 1996, the story of one of the most important explorations ever undertaken in North America. Who is the subject of his book? Lewis and Clark David Douglas Jacques Cartier John C. Fremont

7. Tracy Kidder has written many fine non-fiction books, among them "The Soul of a New Machine." What was the subject of this book, the "new machine"? Television Automobiles Computers Astronauts

8. Also well known as a novelist, this preacher's son wrote several books about the black experience in America, including "The Fire Next Time" and "Notes of a Native Son". Who was he? James Baldwin Joe Jones Richard Wright John Smith

9. This journalist was sent to Berlin to report on events just before WWII began. He wrote several books about his close-up view in the era of Nazi Germany, including "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich." Can you name him? William Burrows William Holden William Bendix William Shirer

10. His first novel, "The Naked and the Dead" made his reputation as a top-rate author. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction twice. Can you name him? James Jones Kurt Vonnegut Joseph Heller Norman Mailer