Women Authors
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15 questions · Published March 21, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Which traditionally masculine first name did both Mary Ann Evans and Amantine Dupin adopt as a pseudonym in the 19th century?
The two women both used pseudonyms featuring the name George. Mary Ann Evans, author of "The Mill on the Floss" (1860), "Silas Marner" (1861), and "Middlemarch" (1871), wrote under the pen name George Eliot. And Amantine Dupin wrote dozens of novels and plays, starting with 1832's "Indiana," under the name George Sand.
- Multiple Choice
2. Which crime-solving character was NOT from the pen of the mistress of mystery, Agatha Christie?
In addition to her most famous character, Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie created a number of other sleuths.
However, Lord Peter Wimsey was the creation of another female author, Dorothy L. Sayers.
- Multiple Choice
3. What American author was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
Edith Wharton won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921 for the novel "The Age of Innocence."
- Multiple Choice
4. What popular female author has written several books under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith?
As of August 2022, J.K. Rowling has published six Cormoran Strike novels under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
- Multiple Choice
5. Which of these authors wrote TV criticism for Entertainment Weekly before writing best-selling thrillers?
Gillian Flynn wrote for Entertainment Weekly from 1998 to 2008. She published her first novel, "Sharp Objects," in 2006.
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