The Classics
Staunch abolitionist and author of the 1852 novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
Author of 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Sense and Sensibility'
JANE AUSTEN
Boston native known for 'The Bell Jar' and 'Ariel'
SYLVIA PLATH
American poet known for works such as 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'
MAYA ANGELOU
Margaret Atwood is most famous for her popular 1985 dystopian novel
THE HANDMAID'S TALE
Harper Lee was the author of the 1960 novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' as well as its posthumously released sequel titled:
GO SET A WATCHMAN
20th Century English author known for stream of consciousness and writer of 'Mrs. Dalloway'
VIRGINIA WOOLF
This poet is known for her love letters that were published as poetry. One of them is entitled 'How Do I Love Thee?'
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
Nobel Prize winner in literature and author of 'Beloved', 'The Bluest Eye', 'Song of Solomon', and 'Jazz'
TONI MORRISON
Susan Eloise Hinton is the author of a beloved 1967 novel for older children about the struggles of the Greasers against the Socs
THE OUTSIDERS
Louisa May Alcott is best known for what 1868 novel?
LITTLE WOMEN
Daughter of Mary Woolstonecraft and writer of Gothic fiction
MARY SHELLEY
Mysterious and prolific poet from Amherst, Massachussets
EMILY DICKINSON
African-American author of science fiction novels such as 'Parable of the Sower' and 'Kindred'
OCTAVIA BUTLER
Joanne Rowling famously wrote under the pen name J.K. Rowling for the Harry Potter series, but also used another pen name when publishing her more recent crime novels 'Cuckoo's Calling', 'The Silkworm', 'Career of Evil', and 'Lethal White'
ROBERT GALBRAITH
Margaret Landon is the author of 'Anna and the King of Siam' which was later adapted into a successful stage musical
THE KING AND I
Name all three of the Bronte Sisters who were authors
CHARLOTTE, ANNE, EMILY
The name of Auvaiyar is a title which was held by many different female poets in the literary canon of what West-Asian culture
TAMIL
Author of 'Their Eyes were Watching God' and 'How it Feels to be Colored Me'
ZORA NEALE HURSTON
One of the most prolific mystery writers and best-selling novelists of all time with a total of 66 detective novels
AGATHA CHRISTIE
This author has many famous works, including: 'Bailey's Cafe', 'The Men of Brewster Place', and 'Mama Day'
GLORIA NAYLOR
The pen name of the 19th Century British writer whose born name was Mary Anne Evans
GEORGE ELIOT
This figure from the 7th Century is the best-known female poet in classic Arabic literature
AL-KHANSA
Contemporary Nigerian novelist and author of 'Americanah' and 'We Should All be Feminists'
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
Gillian Flynn is best known for her novel about a wife's disappearance
GONE GIRL