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What humorist wrote "The Santaland Diaries," a collection of stories inspired by his experiences as a department store elf?
The 1963 Morris West novel "The Shoes of the Fisherman" was based on the then-improbable idea that a Russian named Kiril Lakota would assume what position?
British feminist writer Fay Weldon sold out when she let a jewelry company do a product placement in one of her books. Which one?
What black lesbian author of "Rubyfruit Jungle" often co-writes mysteries with Sneaky Pie, her cat?
A Swiss chef named Fritz Brenner prepared meals for what resident of the old brownstone on West 35th Street?
The title of what Stephen King book was inspired by the John Lennon song "Instant Karma"?
What singer wrote the best-selling novel "A Salty Piece of Land," in which Tully Mars, a guide at the Lost Boys Fishing Lodge island resort, adventures around the Caribbean?
Per the title of Mitch Albom's 2004 bestseller, how many people are you going to meet in heaven, where they will explain your life to you?
Akira Kurosawa sued Sergio Leone when the latter based "A Fistful of Dollars" on his "Yojimbo," which in turn bears a striking resemblance to whose novel about the Continental Op, who plays both sides against each other in a corrupt mining town?
Nick and Nora Charles were accompanied by their schnauzer. What was that dog's name?
Lestat de Lioncourt was the seventh son of the marquis d'Auvergne until he got turned into what creature in a 1976 Anne Rice novel?
This lexicographer reputedly coined the word "lexicographer," and he's the hero of a series of detective novels by Lillian de la Torre. Who is he?
What hard-boiled detective carried around a .45 caliber automatic hand gun nicknamed Betsy?
In 2002, Random House held a contest to find somebody to replace Mario Puzo. The winner was Mark Winegardner, a creative writing professor from Florida. What book did he write?
Linguist, Christian humanist and author of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, Dorothy Sayers also had a middle name. What was it?
Whose columns in the Independent of London became "Bridget Jones's Diary"?
CW wrote two detective novels in which the titles used consecutive lines from a nursery rhyme about a rat and a rope. His daughter Sue wrote an alphabetical series of detective novels. What was their last name?
What physician wrote "The Andromeda Strain" and "Jurassic Park"?
The book "Flight into Danger" was filmed as "Zero Hour!" which was spoofed as "Airplane!" Who wrote the book?
A leading authority on Sherlock Holmes, Michael Harrison also resurrected what detective created by Edgar Allan Poe?
Considered to be the first mystery novel in the English language, what Wilkie Collins book discovers what happened to a missing, and cursed, yellow diamond?
What fictional detective protects the apparently crime-ridden village of St Mary Mead in England?
In James Hilton's 1933 novel Lost Horizon, a high lama tells Conway about what exotic place?
What future creator of Nero Wolfe once worked as a yeoman aboard the Mayflower, which was Teddy Roosevelt's yacht?
Although his most famous creation was a famously logical detective, he became a spiritualist after his son Kingsley died in the Boer War. Who?
Who wrote screenplays for "The Fly," "The Great Escape" and "To Sir, with Love," but shifted to a series of Asian themed novels?
She based "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" on her own relationship with a younger Jamaican man ... who turned out to be gay. Who?
Salman Rushdie joked this man would have called Hamlet "The Elsinore Vacillation," Othello "The Kerchief Implication" and Othello "The Dunsinane Reforestation." Who is this author?
In 2005, Stephen King, John Grisham, Amy Tan, Lemony Snicket, Nora Roberts, Michael Chabon and 10 other writers auctioned off the right to name characters in their new novels. Why?
What romance writer was the brother of Jeremy Tarcher, who became the second husband of puppeteer Shari Lewis?
What 1948 Norman Nailer book used the word "fug" to replace a much nastier four-letter word?
In what Dickens book do we learn, "The law is a ass"?
What crime-solving duo use a small powerboat named The Sleuth?
Supposedly, this book was originally called the Al Azif, and was written by the Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred. In fact, it was created by HP Lovecraft, as part of his Cthulhu mythos stories. What book is this?
At the Swiss retreat where Mary Shelley created Frankenstein, Dr. John William Polidori created Lord Ruthven, the first vampire in an English work. On whom was Ruthven based?
Set in Chamberlain, Maine, what Stephen King book, his first, does not end as the movie version does, with the hand reaching from the grave?
After being drenched in pig's blood, Carietta White destroys Thomas Ewin High School in what Stephen King novel?
What Arthur Hailey novel about a New Orleans hotel was made into a 1967 movie and a 1980s TV series?
In the title of Lauren Weisberger's chick-lit novel about a fashion magazine, what brand of shoes does the devil wear?
In her diary, she obsessed over the actor Colin Firth. In the movie version of that diary, Colin Firth played one of the characters. Who is she?
The 1963 Morris West novel "The Shoes of the Fisherman" was based on the then-improbable idea that a Russian named Kiril Lakota would assume what position?
British feminist writer Fay Weldon sold out when she let a jewelry company do a product placement in one of her books. Which one?
What black lesbian author of "Rubyfruit Jungle" often co-writes mysteries with Sneaky Pie, her cat?
A Swiss chef named Fritz Brenner prepared meals for what resident of the old brownstone on West 35th Street?
The title of what Stephen King book was inspired by the John Lennon song "Instant Karma"?
What singer wrote the best-selling novel "A Salty Piece of Land," in which Tully Mars, a guide at the Lost Boys Fishing Lodge island resort, adventures around the Caribbean?
Per the title of Mitch Albom's 2004 bestseller, how many people are you going to meet in heaven, where they will explain your life to you?
Akira Kurosawa sued Sergio Leone when the latter based "A Fistful of Dollars" on his "Yojimbo," which in turn bears a striking resemblance to whose novel about the Continental Op, who plays both sides against each other in a corrupt mining town?
Nick and Nora Charles were accompanied by their schnauzer. What was that dog's name?
Lestat de Lioncourt was the seventh son of the marquis d'Auvergne until he got turned into what creature in a 1976 Anne Rice novel?
This lexicographer reputedly coined the word "lexicographer," and he's the hero of a series of detective novels by Lillian de la Torre. Who is he?
What hard-boiled detective carried around a .45 caliber automatic hand gun nicknamed Betsy?
In 2002, Random House held a contest to find somebody to replace Mario Puzo. The winner was Mark Winegardner, a creative writing professor from Florida. What book did he write?
Linguist, Christian humanist and author of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, Dorothy Sayers also had a middle name. What was it?
Whose columns in the Independent of London became "Bridget Jones's Diary"?
CW wrote two detective novels in which the titles used consecutive lines from a nursery rhyme about a rat and a rope. His daughter Sue wrote an alphabetical series of detective novels. What was their last name?
What physician wrote "The Andromeda Strain" and "Jurassic Park"?
The book "Flight into Danger" was filmed as "Zero Hour!" which was spoofed as "Airplane!" Who wrote the book?
A leading authority on Sherlock Holmes, Michael Harrison also resurrected what detective created by Edgar Allan Poe?
Considered to be the first mystery novel in the English language, what Wilkie Collins book discovers what happened to a missing, and cursed, yellow diamond?
What fictional detective protects the apparently crime-ridden village of St Mary Mead in England?
In James Hilton's 1933 novel Lost Horizon, a high lama tells Conway about what exotic place?
What future creator of Nero Wolfe once worked as a yeoman aboard the Mayflower, which was Teddy Roosevelt's yacht?
Although his most famous creation was a famously logical detective, he became a spiritualist after his son Kingsley died in the Boer War. Who?
Who wrote screenplays for "The Fly," "The Great Escape" and "To Sir, with Love," but shifted to a series of Asian themed novels?
She based "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" on her own relationship with a younger Jamaican man ... who turned out to be gay. Who?
Salman Rushdie joked this man would have called Hamlet "The Elsinore Vacillation," Othello "The Kerchief Implication" and Othello "The Dunsinane Reforestation." Who is this author?
In 2005, Stephen King, John Grisham, Amy Tan, Lemony Snicket, Nora Roberts, Michael Chabon and 10 other writers auctioned off the right to name characters in their new novels. Why?
What romance writer was the brother of Jeremy Tarcher, who became the second husband of puppeteer Shari Lewis?
What 1948 Norman Nailer book used the word "fug" to replace a much nastier four-letter word?
In what Dickens book do we learn, "The law is a ass"?
What crime-solving duo use a small powerboat named The Sleuth?
Supposedly, this book was originally called the Al Azif, and was written by the Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred. In fact, it was created by HP Lovecraft, as part of his Cthulhu mythos stories. What book is this?
At the Swiss retreat where Mary Shelley created Frankenstein, Dr. John William Polidori created Lord Ruthven, the first vampire in an English work. On whom was Ruthven based?
Set in Chamberlain, Maine, what Stephen King book, his first, does not end as the movie version does, with the hand reaching from the grave?
After being drenched in pig's blood, Carietta White destroys Thomas Ewin High School in what Stephen King novel?
What Arthur Hailey novel about a New Orleans hotel was made into a 1967 movie and a 1980s TV series?
In the title of Lauren Weisberger's chick-lit novel about a fashion magazine, what brand of shoes does the devil wear?
In her diary, she obsessed over the actor Colin Firth. In the movie version of that diary, Colin Firth played one of the characters. Who is she?