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The authors in these quizzes have names which share some feature - one word name, use of a middle initial, starting with a common letter, you get the idea.
18 Author Names quizzes and 185 Author Names trivia questions.
1.
  Authors Named Robert   popular trivia quiz  
Classification Quiz
 10 Qns
I adopted this quiz from Minch. Put the pieces of writing by people named Robert into the correct category according to the author's last name. For example, if you saw the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay", you'd put it under Frost because Robert Frost wrote
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Ilona_Ritter, Jul 10 23
Very Easy
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Jul 10 23
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2.
  A Will to Write   great trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
It is clear that all of these Williams had a will to write and the list includes some of the world's most acclaimed authors. Match the correct William to the description given.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, KayceeKool, Dec 30 22
Recommended for grades: 10,11,12
Very Easy
KayceeKool gold member
Dec 30 22
278 plays
3.
You Mean the Other Voltaire
  You Mean the Other Voltaire?   popular trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Each of these great authors is recognized across time and space by their one-word name, as are many of their greatest works. Ancient to modern, various cultures.
Average, 10 Qns, Godwit, Sep 17 19
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Sep 17 19
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4.
  Match Quiz about A Authors   great trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match the works listed to the authors, all with surnames beginning with the letter A. I'll give you three works for each, and most will be deeper cuts. Good luck!
Easier, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Feb 01 19
Easier
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Feb 01 19
556 plays
5.
  Authors and Their Middle Names   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Ten novelists and poets who used initials as part of their name for the public. Can you match the author to the middle name?
Easier, 10 Qns, Upstart3, Sep 22 16
Easier
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605 plays
6.
  Adroit Authors    
Match Quiz
 15 Qns
All of the writers in this quiz have first or last names beginning with the letter "A." Match the authors to their works. Good luck!
Very Easy, 15 Qns, PootyPootwell, Sep 05 18
Very Easy
PootyPootwell gold member
Sep 05 18
522 plays
7.
  C Authors    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
This quiz is going to ask for ten different authors, all of whom have last names beginning with the letter C, and it's your job to match them up with some of their (perhaps) lesser-known works. Good luck!
Easier, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Jan 03 22
Easier
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Jan 03 22
227 plays
8.
  What do you know about B Authors?   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match the works listed to the authors, all with surnames beginning with the letter B. I'll give you three works for each, and most will ideally, be lesser-known. Good luck!
Easier, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Feb 01 19
Easier
kyleisalive editor
Feb 01 19
527 plays
9.
  "C"haracter Creators   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In this, the third instalment in this series of literary quizzes, we meet ten more authors, all of whom have names starting with the letter "C".
Average, 10 Qns, EnglishJedi, Feb 29 16
Average
EnglishJedi gold member
653 plays
10.
  "B"ards, One and All   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The second instalment in an ongoing series of literary quizzes: ten more authors, all of whom have names starting with the letter "B".
Average, 10 Qns, EnglishJedi, Feb 20 16
Average
EnglishJedi gold member
492 plays
11.
  "A"mazing Authors    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The first quiz in a series, perhaps: ten authors, all of whom have names starting with the letter "A".
Average, 10 Qns, EnglishJedi, Jan 25 16
Average
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323 plays
12.
  "D"etect the Author    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is the fourth instalment in this series of literary quizzes. Can you sift through the clues to identify ten authors whose names start with the letter "D"?
Average, 10 Qns, EnglishJedi, Jul 19 16
Average
EnglishJedi gold member
420 plays
13.
  C Authors    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Carroll, Chaucer, Christie, Cook and Crichton, all are authors starting with C. Three of them, plus seven others are featured in this quiz. Have fun.
Average, 10 Qns, minch, Oct 27 11
Average
minch gold member
3247 plays
14.
  The Ultimate B Authors Quiz   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz about authors whose last name starts with B. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, minch, Nov 20 21
Average
minch gold member
Nov 20 21
2675 plays
15.
  D Authors    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
What do you know about these authors whose names start with the letter D?
Average, 10 Qns, minch, Oct 29 13
Average
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16.
  Authored by "Carolyn"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Authored by Carolyn" is Quiz Number 4 of a series based on my teammates names. They volunteered to be my guinea pigs. I volunteered to "experiment" on them! (Bwaa-haa-haaa!) Hope you enjoy this series!
Tough, 10 Qns, logcrawler, Feb 25 22
Tough
logcrawler gold member
Feb 25 22
210 plays
17.
  Authors With Three Names    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There are many authors who use a full three names. Here are some of them.
Tough, 10 Qns, robert362, Mar 11 02
Tough
robert362
2022 plays
18.
  Test yourself! A Authors Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All the answers begin with A. I give you a title and year of publication, you supply the LAST name of the author.
Difficult, 10 Qns, minch, Mar 18 02
Difficult
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1487 plays

Author Names Trivia Questions

1. As a kid, you may have read the Hardy Boys series of books, or if you were female, the Nancy Drew Mysteries. What was the pseudonym of the "author" of those Nancy Drew detective-style books?

From Quiz
Authored by "Carolyn"

Answer: Carolyn Keene

There never WAS such an author as Carolyn Keene. "She" was a composite of several 'ghost writers' who initially made a whopping $125.00 per book AND were required to give up any rights to their work! The "Dana Girls" series, along with "River Heights" books were all inventions of this bank of writers, some of whom were male. The first writer to "become" Carolyn Keene was Mildred Wirt Benson, followed by Harriet Adams, James Duncan Lawrence, Walter Karig, Nancy Axelrad, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong and others.

2. This author wrote the autobiographical 'Two Years Before The Mast', detailing his experiences at sea.

From Quiz Authors With Three Names

Answer: Richard Henry Dana

Masters did 'Spoon River Anthology'. Whittier was a poet.

3. Probably the most famous D author is Charles Dickens. Which of his books is semi-autobiographical?

From Quiz D Authors

Answer: David Copperfield

4. 'An Old Fashioned Girl' 1870

From Quiz A Authors

Answer: Alcott & Louisa May Alcott & L. M. Alcott

She is best known for 'Little Women' of course.

5. Born around 620 B.C., Aesop is perhaps the best-known of all fabulists. In which ancient culture did he live and write?

From Quiz "A"mazing Authors

Answer: Greek

Aesop was an Ancient Greek writer, probably in the historic region of Thrace on the coast of the Black Sea. He was known to have been born a slave, but later became a free man. He was executed by being thrown from a cliff top in the city of Delphi in 564 B.C., although it seems likely that the charges against him were falsified. No actual writings by Aesop have survived, and it seems likely that many of the stories credited to him have been added from other cultures over time. The underlying theme of fables credited to Aesop is of animals and various objects that speak and display other human characteristics.

6. What type of award did Alabama author, Carolyn Haines, receive in 2010?

From Quiz Authored by "Carolyn"

Answer: The Harper Lee Award

Carolyn Haines wrote a non-fiction book "My Mother's Witness: The Peggy Morgan Story,", along with several fiction books, including her Sarah Booth Delaney - Mississippi Delta series. Her non-fiction account of "My Mother's Witness: The Peggy Morgan Story," relays the story of a woman who testified against the white supremacist who murdered civil rights worker Medgar Evers. Although born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as of 2010, she was still teaching the graduate and undergraduate fiction writing classes at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. She has written over 50 books in her own name as well as under the pen names of Caroline Burnes and Lizzie Hart. Caroline Burnes is the name she uses in her Harlequin Intrigue series.

7. This author wrote the controversial 'Black Like Me', which described the actual experiences of a white journalist who tried to pose as a black man.

From Quiz Authors With Three Names

Answer: John Howard Griffin

Also a movie starring James Whitmore. Burroughs wrote the 'Tarzan' books.

8. G.K. Chesterton wrote about this character.

From Quiz C Authors

Answer: Father Brown

Father Brown was a Catholic priest and detective. 'Father Ted' is a British sitcom.

9. Who wrote 'The Pilgrim's Progress'?

From Quiz B Authors

Answer: John Bunyan

The first part was published in 1678.

10. Carolyn Janice Cherry, an author in the science fiction and science fantasy genre, has been writing since the 1970s. She writes under the pen name, C.J. Cherryh. Why did she choose to write under that pseudonym?

From Quiz Authored by "Carolyn"

Answer: her editor thought her name was 'wrong' and only men were writing s.f.

Carolyn' first editor thought the name "Cherry" would imply to readers that they should expect romance stories, so she added the "h" to her actual name. At the time that she began writing nearly all s.f. authors were male, and she used her initials in an effort to disguise the fact that she was a female in order to get published and to be credibly accepted by her readers. An asteroid, (7185 Cherryh), has been named after her. Discovered by D. Wells and A. Cruz on March 20, 2001, they had this to say about the author; "C. J. Cherryh of Spokane, Washington, is the visionary author of more than 40 novels and three-time winner of the prestigious Hugo Award. She has challenged us to be worthy of the stars by imagining how mankind might grow to live among them."

11. Who wrote 'The Rise of Silas Lapham?

From Quiz Authors With Three Names

Answer: William Dean Howells

Porter was "O'Henry".

12. Which book did Daniel Defoe write?

From Quiz D Authors

Answer: Robinson Crusoe

He also wrote 'Moll Flanders'. Gulliver's Travels was written by Jonathan Swift; Tom Jones by Henry Fielding and Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.

13. Who wrote 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'?

From Quiz C Authors

Answer: Truman Capote

Erskine Caldwell wrote 'Tobacco Road'.

14. Who wrote 'Fahrenheit 451'?

From Quiz B Authors

Answer: Ray Bradbury

Published in 1953.

15. 'Foundation Trilogy' First volume published 1951

From Quiz A Authors

Answer: Asimov

16. Who wrote the poem 'Thanatopsis'?

From Quiz Authors With Three Names

Answer: William Cullen Bryant

Early American.

17. What other name did Agatha Christie write under?

From Quiz C Authors

Answer: Mary Westmacott

18. Who wrote 'Peter Pan'?

From Quiz B Authors

Answer: J. M. Barrie

P.L. Travers wrote 'Mary Poppins', Michael Bond wrote the Paddington Bear books, and Hugh Lofting wrote the Dr. Dolittle books.

19. 'The House of Spirits' 1982

From Quiz A Authors

Answer: Allende

20. Which philosopher wrote 'On Liberty' and 'Utilitarianism'?

From Quiz Authors With Three Names

Answer: John Stuart Mill

The others are also philosophers of some reputation.

21. What happens in Colin Dexter's 'The Remorseful Day'?

From Quiz D Authors

Answer: Morse dies

No more Inspector Morse novels. I don't think Dexter can pull a Sherlock Holmes style comeback.

22. Spanish author Cervantes wrote about this man who tilted at windmills.

From Quiz C Authors

Answer: Don Quixote & Don Quichote & Don Quijote

23. Who wrote 'Jane Eyre'?

From Quiz B Authors

Answer: Charlotte Bronte & Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Bronte wrote it under the name Currer Bell.

24. 'Flowers in the Attic' 1979

From Quiz A Authors

Answer: Andrews

V. C. Andrews.

25. Who wrote 'The Devil and Daniel Webster'?

From Quiz Authors With Three Names

Answer: Stephen Vincent Benet

Doyle wrote the 'Sherlock Holmes' stories. Gardner wrote 'Perry Mason'. Henley was a poet; he wrote 'Invictus'.

26. Which was the first book in which Sherlock Holmes appeared?

From Quiz D Authors

Answer: A Study in Scarlet

27. Who wrote 'The Postman Always Rings Twice'?

From Quiz C Authors

Answer: James Cain

28. Who wrote 'The Decameron'?

From Quiz B Authors

Answer: Boccaccio

If you remembered the title of the quiz this was a give away! This collection of 100 stories was written between 1348 and 1353.

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