Nonfiction
This type of book allows us to find the meanings of words.
A Dictionary
What's manga?
Comic book style originating in Japan.
Who is the highest selling female author of all time?
Agatha Christie (up to 4 billion books sold). JK Rowling is only the 5th highest selling female author!
Approximately how many authors are there of books in the Bible? 15, 40, 120?
40 (there are roughly this many known authors, but the authorship of other books is unknown)
What is a bibliophile?
A person who loves to read books.
What is an autobiography?
When a person writes about their own life.
What's another word for comic book?
graphic novel
Who wrote Alice in Wonderland?
Lewis Carroll
What is a ghostwriter?
A professional writer who writes something that is credited to someone else.
Explain the difference between "fiction" and "non-fiction"
Fiction is literature created from imagination.
Non-fiction is based on facts, real events, and people.
What is an anthology?
a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing
These guys are known for writing gruesome fairy tales which Disney has since adapted to provide happily ever afters.
The Grimm Brothers
Which country is Roald Dahl originally from?
The UK
Who wrote the poems "The Lord of the Rings"?
J.R.R. Tolkien
What is the most sold book ever?
The Bible
The word "blog" was a contraction of "web" and what other word?
Log
What genre did Shakespeare write the most?
plays
What's the name of the clown in "It"?
Pennywise
Who was the first person to become a billionaire as a writer?
JK Rowling.
What do you call the main character in a book?
protagonist
What is an epistolary book? (Think about 'epistles' in the Bible, if that helps)
A book that is presented as a series of letters between people.
In poetry, what do we call words that have the same ending sound (like cat and hat)?
a rhyme
Guess the novel: A girl volunteers to take her sister’s place in a deadly televised competition.
The Hunger Games
Which author was famous for writing detective stories featuring Hercule Poirot?
Agatha Christie
What are pseudonyms or noms de plume?
Fake names/names used in place of one's real name.