Match Work to Author - 2001 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Stephen King

Stephen King (1947-) is an American novelist who has also written over 200 short stories, almost all of which have appeared in various book collections. "Dreamcatcher" is set in a haunted city in Maine where 4 young boys stand together and perform a brave act that changes them in ways that will become of paramount importance later in their lives.

Answer: Jan Karon

Jan Karon (1937-) is an American novelist who has written extensively for the adult market and also for younger readers. "A Common Life" is the 6th book in Karon's "Mitford Years" series in which all the beloved Mitford characters from the series gather for the wedding of Father Tim Kavanagh and Cynthia Coppersmith.

Answer: Mary Higgins Clark

Mary Higgins Clark (1927 - 2020) was a US author known for her suspense novels whose daughter Carol Higgins Clark and former daughter-in-law Mary Jane Clark, are also writers. In this book, a young woman is haunted by two murders that are closely related despite the 110 years that separate them.

Answer: John Sandford

John Sandford (1944-) is a former journalist and novelist who received the Distinguished Writing Award from the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1986. "Chosen Prey" is the twelfth book in Sandford's "Lucas Davenport" series in which the hero must contend with a very intelligent history professor who is forced to commit a murder and then decides he likes it and wants more.

Answer: Sue Grafton

Sue Grafton (1940 - 2017) was an American author best known as the author of the "alphabet series" ("A" Is for Alibi, etc.) featuring her private investigator protagonist Kinsey Millhone. "P" Is for Peril" is the 16th book in Grafton's "Kinsey Millhone" series in which the heroine investigates a man's disappearance where his second wife believes him dead and his first wife thinks he's alive.

Answer: Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich (1943-) is an American novelist who gained fame authoring a series of contemporary mysteries featuring private investigator Stephanie Plum. "Seven Up" is the seventh book in Evanovich's "Stephanie Plum" series in which a semi-retired mobster fails to show up for a court appearance, and Stephanie Plum is assigned the task of finding and dragging him back to jail.

Answer: Danielle Steel

Danielle Steel (1947-) is an American romance novel author who has had 25 books adapted for film and 22 adapted for television. "Leap of Faith" is about being pulled into a confusing place where one is seduced and lied to until a moment comes when survival depends on a final leap of faith.

Answer: John Irving

John Irving (1942-) is an American-Canadian author and screenwriter who won a Lambda Literary Award in 2013 in the Bisexual Fiction category for "In One Person". "The Fourth Hand", tells of a NY TV journalist who has his hand eaten by a lion while a renowned hand surgeon awaits the chance to perform America's first hand transplant. Elsewhere, a woman wants to give the reporter her husband's hand after her husband dies, despite his being alive and healthy.

Answer: James Patterson

James Patterson (1947-) is an American author from Newburgh, NY who has had 16 of his works adapted for film and TV. In this book, a woman's boyfriend leaves her with a diary to read. She quickly discerns that he is a part of the diary's story as she walks a tightrope between hope and fear as the climax approaches.

Answer: Clive Cussler

Clive Cussler (1931 - 2020) was an adventure novelist from Aurora, Illinois best known for his thriller novels who has had two books adapted for film, "Raise the Titanic!" (1980) and "Sahara" (2005). "Valhalla Rising" is the 16th book in Cussler's "Dirk Pitt" series in which the hero must rely on Jules Verne's nautical lore to stop a ruthless oil baron seeking political power.

Answer: Stephen King and Peter Straub

Stephen King (1947-) is a US author from Portland, Maine and Peter Straub (1943-) is a US novelist and poet from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who co-wrote this novel. "Black House" is the second book of King and Straub's "The Talisman" series where the hero is now retired from the LAPD and living in a small town in Wisconsin where a series of murders involving young children force him out of retirement.

Answer: Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen (1959-) is an American author and essayist whose 2001 novel "The Corrections", was critically acclaimed and won Franzen a National Book Award. This book creates a cataclysm between a world of civic virtue and sexual inhibitions and the contemporary times of hands-off parenting, home surveillance and globalized greed.

Answer: Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell (1956-) is a US writer best known for her best-selling series of crime novels featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta. "Isle of Dog" is the third book in Cornwell's "Andy Brazil" series where the eccentric island of Tangier in the Chesapeake Bay declares war on its own state over recent legislation.

Answer: Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts (1950-) is an American novelist who won the 1989 Golden Medallion Award for Best Suspense from the Romance Writers of America for "Brazen Virtue". In "Midnight Bayou", a man buys a run-down mansion just outside of New Orleans and while he is restoring it, begins to experience sensations of terror and nearly unbearable grief.

Answer: Danielle Steel

Danielle Steel (1947-) is an American author best known for her books that often involve rich families facing a crisis, such as blackmail, prison, fraud, and suicide. "The Kiss" gives us the story of how a single shattering moment can change lives forever as two unhappily married friends meet and are involved in a devastating accident and lean on each other to survive.