A new series of quizzes – simply answer yes or no.
20 autobiographical statements about authors – but is the named author the correct one?
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Charles Dickens’ middle names were John Huffam.
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Roald Dahl’s mother was Norwegian.
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JK Rowling used to work as a secretary for Greenpeace.
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Emily Bronte is the only Bronte sister not buried at Haworth.
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It is widely believed that Shakespeare died on his birthday.
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Stephen King’s father went out to buy cigarettes and never came back.
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Paulo Coelho was incarcerated in a mental institution by his parents three times.
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Irvine Welsh was a punk musician in a band called The Dancing Pigs before he became a writer.
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Margaret Atwood didn’t attend full time school until she was 12.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder was related to FD Roosevelt.
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Michael Morpurgo didn’t know who his biological father was until he was 19.
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Barbara Kingsolver is a professor in Environmental Science.
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Agatha Christie disappeared for 3 weeks.
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James Patterson is of Scottish descent.
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Hilary Mantel suffers from a severe form of endometriosis.
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Delia Owens has a PhD in Animal Behaviour.
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Charlotte’s Web was the favourite childhood novel of Celeste Ng.
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Question of
Jodi Picoult spoke at the Women’s March on Washington in 2017.
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Bernardine Evaristo is the 4th of 8 children.
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Maggie O’Farrell was born in Northern Ireland, educated in England and now lives in Scotland.
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