Famous Writers Trivia

Which author insisted his bed always face northward when he slept?

Which writer was a huge fan of Groucho Marx and even wrote him a fan letter?

Which writer accidentally shot his wife dead?

What other author had once lived in the apartment where Sylvia Plath committed suicide?

Because of his failing eyesight, how did James Joyce write musch of his novel Finnegans Wake?

Which author's first book was a biography of Duran Duran, published in 1984?

Which writer died after collapsing on stage while acting in one of his own plays?

What was the title of the first U.S. edition of Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale?

Which YA author was once a writer on the TV show Clarissa Explains It All?

Which author was known to give himself nicknames, including "Revolver" and "The Inimitable"?

What was the name of male author Evelyn Waugh's first wife?

Whose first book was a nonfiction work on keeping chickens?

In Florida's Key West, there is an annual lookalike contest for which author?

Where was J.K. Rowling when she came up with the names for the houses at Hogwarts?

What word did Dr. Seuss include in a draft of Hop on Pop to test his publisher's attention?

Which author refused to begin or end a piece of work on a Friday?

Who wore a mourning dress to her first wedding and left her husband on their wedding night?

Which author was a next-door neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe?

Which author wrote on the same typewriter for over 50 years then auctioned it when it broke?

Which author planned to write a third Charlie Bucket book but died before he could complete it?

Which author was a taste-tester for Cadbury's chocolate when he was a child?

What name was William Faulkner given at birth?

What pseudonym did Samuel Clemens use before settling on "Mark Twain"?

Which author once took home the urinal from his favorite bar?

Which author was also a butterfly researcher at Harvard?

Who creatd his famous heroine by imagining what Pippi Longstocking would be like as an adult?

How many rejections did Louis L'Amour receive before he was published?

Which author had a career as a pop singer and released an album called "Angels and Demons"?

What did Friedrich von Schiller keep on his desk because he felt the scent helped him write?

Which author coined the term "verbicide," to denote the killing of a word?

Which author was the first known person to use the word "outsider"?

Which author was once the manager of the U.S.'s first Saab dealership?

Which author was sentenced to death by firing squad in 1849? (The sentence was later changed.)

Whose novel was rejected with the note, "We found the heroine as boring as her husband did."

What problem plagued Washington Irving, author of "Rip Van Winkle" and "Sleepy Hollow"?

When staying in hotels, what author always carried a coil of rope with him in case of fire?

Which author has an asteroid named after him?

How did playwright Tennessee Williams die?

Which writer legally gave his birthday away to a little girl?

What was Maurice Sendak's inspiration for the monsters in Where the Wild Things Are?

Which author was known to dress up as an axe-wielding warrior and chase his neighbor?

Which novel did author Jack Kerouac type on one continuous roll of paper that was 120 ft long?

Which name is author Jonathan Swift credited with inventing?

Which author was a descendant of one of the women accused in the Salem witch trials?

Which writer coined the phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword"?

Which writer is credited with inventing one of the first bra straps?

In what year did author Ambrose Bierce propose an early emoticon called the "snigger point"?

How old was Mary Shelley when she started writing Frankenstein?

Which author's great-great-grandfather was one of the judges at the Salem witch trials?

Which author, when he worked for a publishing company, played pranks on visiting authors?