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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 300 in Great Authors on Outlier Trivia. Can you beat it?

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1Books › AuthorsExpertWhich Alexandrian poet wrote the epic "Argonautica"?Wrong4.9s0
2Books › Mystery & CrimeEasyIn 1926 Agatha Christie made front-page news when she did what for 11 days?Wrong4.2s0
3Books › AuthorsEasyWho wrote the Italian children's classic "The Adventures of Pinocchio"?Wrong3.9s0
4Books › AuthorsHardWho wrote the novel "The Tin Drum"?Wrong2.2s0
5Books › AuthorsHardWhich French poet wrote "Les Fleurs du mal"?Right1.8s+100
6Books › AuthorsHardWho wrote the novel "The Kite Runner"?Right1.1s+100
7Books › AuthorsMediumWho wrote the children's fantasy sequence "The Dark Is Rising"?Wrong2.4s0
8Books › AuthorsMediumWho wrote the children's novel "The Borrowers"?Wrong2.0s0
9Books › AuthorsMediumWho wrote the children's adventure "Swallows and Amazons"?Right1.8s+100
10Books › AuthorsVery hardWhich German author wrote "The Neverending Story"?Wrong2.3s0