93+ Author Trivia Questions with Answers

Are you a bookworm? Do you love to read as much as we do? If so, then this author trivia quiz is for you! We have compiled 95 questions about some of our favorite authors and their books. You’ll find the answers below each question.

How many can you answer correctly? Let’s find out!

author trivia quiz questions with answers

47 people worked on a committee to produce what work

Authorised version of Bible

A sort of prequel to “Sex and The City,” “The Carrie Diaries” is a 2010 novel by what author?

CANDACE BUSHNELL

According to its author, which of these books was written to promote kindness toward horses?

BLACK BEAUTY

According to the United Nations,who is the most widely translated author in the world?

AGATHA CHRISTIE

Aesop,the 6th-cetntury Greek author,is primarily known for writing what type of fiction?

FABLES

Alfred White was a famous author under which name

James Herriot

Author and etiquette guru Judith Martin writes a newspaper column under the pen name “Miss” what?

MANNERS

Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez is best known for his masterpiece “One Hundred Years of” what?

SOLITUDE

Author of “The Lighthouse” and “Eminent Victorians”?

Virginia Woolf

Author of Good as Gold and Closing Time but famed for another

Joseph Heller Catch 22

Baseball is not sport – state of mind – cant learn it – what author

John Steinbeck

Because it is a fictionalized account of the author’s real life, which of these novels is considered a “roman a clef”?

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

Because it is a fictionalized account of the author’s real life,which of these novels is considered a “roman a la clef”?

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

Before coming a full time author, what was the profession of Frederick Forsyth

Journalist

Clarissa Luard, Mariane Wiggins & Elizabeth West. Have All Been Married To Which Famous Author ?

Salman Rushdie

David Cornwell is better known as which author

John Le Carr

Dik Browne is the author of which cartoon strip

Hagar the Horrible

Edgar Cuthwellis was option but the author chose another what

Lewis Carrol

Eric Arthur Blaire was the real name of which author

George Orwell

Famous pediatrician and author Dr. Benjamin Spock won an Olympic gold medal in what sport?

ROWING

Harry Patterson is the real name of which author

Jack Higgins

In 1953 Science fiction author L.Ron Hubbard founded which cult religion, one of who’s prominent modern day followers is John Travolta

Scientology

Jockey / Author Dick Francis what injury on his wedding day

Broken collar bone

Kaleidoscope. Daddy, Palomino and Changes name the author

Danielle Steele

Later popularized in the Batman comics, “Gotham” was first a NYC term coined by what author?

WASHINGTON IRVING

Liam Devlin often appears in novels by which author

Jack Higgins

Literature Scramble: lxrnaadee lzynsshietno (Author of Gulag Archipelago)

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Name the author of ‘The Catcher in the Rye’

J.D. Salinger

Name the author of Dracula

Bram Stoker

Name the author of Gone with the Wind

Margaret mitchell

Name the author who created Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox

Joel Chandler Harris

Name the South African author of ‘Cry, the Beloved Country’

Alan paton

Name the South African author of ‘Cry, the Beloved Country’

Alan paton

Named after her father, what best-selling author was born with the unusual name Howard Allen O’Brien?

ANNE RICE

Norman Bean became famous as which author

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Since 2008,what author of “The Lottery” has lent her name to annual awards for horror and suspense writing?

SHIRLEY JACKSON

Town in the west bank, near Jerusalem, controlled since 1967 by Israel though administered since 1995 by the Palestinian authority

Bethlehem

What Are The Christian Names Of JK Rowling Author Of The Harry Potter Books?

Joanne Kathleen

What author is credited with coining the phrase “seeing pink elephants” to refer to a drunk person?

JACK LONDON

What author was born in Petrovichi USSR in 1920

Isaac Asimov

What author, who ironically once wrote “There are no second acts in American lives” only lived to age 44?

F. SCOTT FITGERALD

What authors (unused) final two names are Bower Yin

Leslie Charteris

What authors (unused) final two names are Bower Yin

Leslie Charteris

What extremely tall author once used the pen name John Lange, a German surnamed meaning “long?”

MICHAEL CRICHTON

What Irish playwright and author, wrote “The Importance of Being Ernest” and “A Picture of Dorian Grey” among others?

Oscar Wilde

What is the middle name of author Arthur C. Clarke

Charles

What is the middle name of author H.G. Wells

George

What is the unlikely author of both the “Texas Saw Chain Massacre” and its 2003 remake?

JOHN LARROQUETTE

What literary prize ( worth £30000 ) is for women authors only

Orange Award

What Was The Name Of The Author Who Released A Guide To Baby And Child Care In 1946

Dr Spock (No Kidding)

What Was The Name Of The Author Who Released A Guide To Baby And Child Care In 1946

Dr Spock (No Kidding)

What well known Russian author was also a doctor

Anton Chekov

Which Algerian Born French Authors Works Included L’Etranger & La Peste

Albert Camus

Which American author wrote Moby Dick

Herman melville

Which author created The Saint (both names)

Leslie Charteris

Which author is among the few to have topped both the NY Times Fiction and Non Fiction Bestseller lists?

DR.SEUSS

Which author sold most books in the first half of 20th century

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Which Author Who Is Most Remembered for Writing Another Series Of Books. Also Wrote the Childrens Story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Ian Flemming

Which author wrote “The Duncton Chronicles”

William horwood

Which author wrote about the Cornish seaside boarding school Malory Towers?

Enid Blyton

Which author wrote about the fictional Napoleonic war hero Sharpe

Bernard cornwell

Which author wrote the “Redwall” series of novels

Brian jacques

Which author wrote the railway series about talking trains that live on an island?

REV W. AWDRY

Which Author Wrote The Sound & The Fury, The Wild Palms, And As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

Which author wrote the two World War 2 books ‘Fighter’ and ‘Bomber’

Len deighton

Which Author’s Father Was Imprisoned For Debt

Charles Dickens

Which author, famous for such novels as ‘The Naked Lunch’, died in 1997

William s burroughs

Which authors books are most borrowed from libraries

Catherine Cookson

Which author’s first and only novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction?

HARPER LEE

Which best-selling author writes novels featuring the pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta

Patricia cornwell

Which famous author also writes under the name pen name of Richard Bachman?

Steven King

Which French Authors Novel Germinal Depicts Life In A Mining Community

Emile Zola

Which French Authors Novel Germinal Depicts Life In A Mining Community

Emile Zola

Which Latin American author wrote ‘The War of the End of the World’

Mario vargas llosa

Which modern author wrote The Regeneration trilogy

Pat barker

Which of these classic novels was published when the author was only 20 years old?

FRANKENSTEIN

Which of these science fiction authors is credited with the invention of the word “robotics”?

ISAAC ASIMOV

Which private eye hero did the author Raymond Chandler create

Philip marlowe

Which Science Fiction author created The Triffids

John Wyndom

Which US author penned the novels “Of Mice and Men” and “East Of Eden”?

John Steinbeck

Who did author leslie charteris create

The saint

Who is the author of “Brave New World” ?

Aldous Huxley

Who is the author of “Harry Potter” ?

Joan Rowling

Who Is The Author Of High Fidelity A Tale Set In An 80’s Record Store

Nick Hornby

Who is the author of Jude the Obscure

Thomas hardy

Who is the author of “Black Beauty”?

ANNA SEWELL

Who is the most filmed author

Shakespeare over 300

Who was the author of “The Tin Drum”

Gunther grass

Who was the author of ‘dracula’

Bram stoker

Who was the author of ‘Dracula’?

Bram Stoker

Who was the author of The Moonstone

Wilkie collins

Who was the author of the novel ‘The Midwich Cuckoos’?

John Wyndham

Who was the authorship of “Jogfree of Canada” credited to

Charlie farquharson

Who, in literature, is eligible to be nominated for the annual award called the Carnegie Medal

Authors of children’s books

“Tik Tok,” a chart-topping hit by Ke$ha, is also the name of a character in the work of what children’s author?

L. FRANK BAUM