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

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1Books › Children's & YAEasyJ.K. Rowling has said the idea for Harry Potter came to her while she was stuck where?Right4.0s+97
2Books › AuthorsExpertWhich Welsh poet wrote "Do not go gentle into that good night"?Right1.0s+100
3Books › AuthorsMediumWho wrote "The Little Prince"?Right0.8s+100
4Books › AuthorsEasyWho created the "Captain Underpants" books?Right0.7s+100
5Books › AuthorsHardWho wrote the debut novel "White Teeth"?Right0.6s+100
6Books › AuthorsMediumWho wrote "Emma" and "Sense and Sensibility"?Right1.1s+100
7Books › AuthorsMediumWho wrote the thriller "Gone Girl"?Right0.5s+100
8Books › AuthorsHardWhich South African author wrote the novel "Disgrace"?Wrong1.5s0
9Books › AuthorsHardWho wrote the "Duino Elegies"?Wrong0.5s0
10Books › AuthorsVery hardWhich South African author wrote "Cry, the Beloved Country"?Right0.7s+100