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1. The intelligence officer George Smiley was created by which British author?
2. Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective with a pipe and deerstalker hat, was created by which of the following authors?
3. Which African-American author penned a series of books, the "Harlem Detective," featuring the New York City police detectives Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson?
4. This author, who died in 2008, was the creator of the "Navajo Tribal Police" mystery novels featuring police detectives Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Name him.
5. Which highly successful author of thriller novels, and one of my favorite authors, created Alex Cross, a criminal psychologist?
6. Which American author has written detective thrillers featuring Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic detective?
7. Born Salvatore Albert Lombino in New York City in 1926, which author of crime fiction, most notably private eye Matthew Hope, later legally changed his name to Evan Hunter and wrote professionally under the same name?
8. This American author created the larger-than-life detective, Nero Wolfe. What is this author's name?
9. Vincent Calvino is a fictional Bangkok-based private eye. Which author created this character after having moved to Bangkok himself in 1983?
10. Which American author, born in Houston, Texas, created the protagonist, Dave Robicheaux, in a series of crime novels?
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