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Plenty of great novelists wrote under names that weren't their own. Can you see past the pen names? @lomo scored 500 in Great Authors on Outlier Trivia. Can you beat it?

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1Books › AuthorsEasyWho wrote the children's novel "War Horse"?Wrong2.6s0
2Books › AuthorsVery hardWhich Polish poet wrote the national epic "Pan Tadeusz"?Wrong4.0s0
3Books › AuthorsMediumWho wrote the memoir "Angela's Ashes"?Wrong3.3s0
4Books › AuthorsHardWho wrote the Beat poem "Howl"?Right1.2s+100
5Books › Children's & YAEasyWinnie-the-Pooh was named after a real bear Christopher Robin Milne loved to visit where?Wrong5.8s0
6Books › AuthorsExpertWhich Tang dynasty poet is traditionally called the Poet-Historian?Wrong1.5s0
7Books › AuthorsMediumWho wrote "The Left Hand of Darkness"?Right0.4s+100
8Books › AuthorsMediumWho wrote the non-fiction novel "In Cold Blood"?Right0.6s+100
9Books › AuthorsHardWhich Portuguese novelist wrote "Blindness"?Right1.2s+100
10Books › AuthorsHardWhich French novelist wrote "Therese Desqueyroux"?Right1.8s+100