What is the name of a British author, screenwriter, film producer, best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series?
Famous Authors

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7th - 9th Grade
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Margaret Anderson
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Kate Atkinson
Holly Smale
Philippa Gregory
Joanne Rowling
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What is the name of an author famous for his short stories about detective Sherlock Holmes?
John Dickson Carr
Agatha Christie
Arthur Conan Doyle
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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The author who wrote The Hobbit and the epic trilogy Lord of the Rings.
Joanne Rowling
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Holly Smale
Kate Atkinson
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What is the name of the French author famed for science fiction novels such as 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea' and 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?
Jules Verne
Michel Jean Pierre Verne
Stefan Wul
Maurice Renard
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What is the name of Spanish writer, author of 'Don Quixote', one of the world's greatest literary masterpieces?
Miguel de Unamuno
Lope de Vega
Francisco de Quevedo
Miguel de Cervantes
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What are the names of German authors Brothers Grimm famous for their fairy tales and stories like Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood?
Hans and Heinrich
Karl and Otto
Jacob and Wilhelm
Albert and Helmut
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What is the name of the German poet, novelist and playwright, known for his drama 'Faust'?
Friedrich Schiller
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wilhelm Müller
Heinrich Heine
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