Name that Author
What famed Boston author of "Little Women" was previously taught by Henry David Thoreau and even penned him a poem titled "Thoreau's Flute?"
What is "Louisa May Alcott?"
Not signifying someone smart with Lincolns, but rather a sewer-dweller, what is the name of the dancing clown in Stephen King's famed horror novel "It?"
What is "Pennywise?"
Named one of the 88 “Books that Shaped America” by the Library of Congress in 2012, Robert A. Heinlein’s 1961 sci-fi novel “Stranger in a Strange Land” explores the adventures of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who was born on what planet that’s the fourth from the Sun?
What is "Mars?"
In what classic work of children's literature do the characters Mike, Veruca, Violet, Augustus, and Charlie get a tour of a confectionery manufacturing facility?
What is "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?"
What American author, popularly known by a pseudonym, considered Hartford the most beautiful city in the United States and settled there to write what are considered his bildungsroman masterpieces? Coincidentally, this Missouri-born man lived next door to Harriet Beecher Stowe while in Hartford.
What is "Mark Twain?"
Thomas Harris's 1981 novel "Red Dragon" marks the first appearance of what dubious serial killer who was famously portrayed by Anthony Hopkins a decade later?
What is "Hannibal Lecter?"
James Joyce’s 1922 novel “Ulysses” follows Leopold Bloom, the hero of the tale who is from what country (as was Joyce)?
What is "Ireland?"
Agatha Christie's "By the Pricking of My Thumbs" and Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" are two novels who take their titles from lines in what Shakespeare play?
What is "Macbeth?"
What American novelist was born in 1931 and is known for her prolific writings including "The Bluest Eye," "Song of Solomon," and "Beloved?" That last book was made into a 1996 movie produced by Oprah Winfrey. This Ohioan won both a Nobel Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
What is "Toni Morrison?"
What literary character has a "trusty steed" named Rocinante, who, like him, is awkward, elderly, and not quite up to the task before him?
What is "Don Quixote?"
Sky-written poetry melds uncomfortably with murder in "Distant Star", Roberto Bolaño's novel dissecting the Pinochet regime of which South American country?
What is "Chile?"
What 1847 Emily Brontë classic deals with two West Yorkshire families, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and, in particular, the adopted Earnshaw, Heathcliff? It was also a 1939 William Wyler film with Oscar-winning cinematography, starring Laurence Olivier and David Niven.
What is "Wuthering Heights?"
"The Fire Next Time," "If Beale Street Could Talk," and "Giovanni's Room" are all books by what acclaimed Black American author that spent most of his professional life in France rather than the U.S. due to the racial discrimination he faced in the U.S.?
What is "James Baldwin?"
What classic character from Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" inspired the common image of a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder?
What is "Long John Silver?"
What is the setting of Gabriel García Márquez's 1967 novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude," which traverses a century of the Buendías while surfacing the tales of seven generations of the Latin American family?
What is "Colombia?"
Jack, Simon, Piggy, and Roger are four of the young characters that make up the cast in what 1954 novel?
What is "Lord of the Flies?"
"The Torrents of Spring" (set in northern Michigan) and "To Have and Have Not" (set on a Key West fishing boat) are the only two novels by what American author to be set in the United States?
What is "Ernest Hemingway?"
The title character works as a maid at Talbothays Dairy in the third part of what 1891 novel by Thomas Hardy?
What is "Tess of the D'Urbervilles?"
What is the titular city in "Tales of the City," a classic work of queer literature published in 1978 by American author Armistead Maupin?
What is "San Francisco?"
Marjane Satrapi tells her story of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution in what acclaimed series of graphic novels, which is named after an ancient Iranian city?
What is "Persepolis?"