Oh no! Not You Again? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Todd

Todd and Anne first collaborated on "Dragon's Kin", first published in 2003, and Todd's first solo effort was "Dragonsblood" (2005).

Whether you think Todd did a good job with the world his mother so wonderfully created is a matter of personal opinion :-)

Answer: Winnie the Pooh

David Benedictus originally worked on audio productions of the "Winne the Pooh" books, and negotiated with the trustees of A.A. Milne's estate for ten years before his sequel, "Return to the Hundred Acre Wood", was finally published in 2009. He has also written over twenty other books, both fiction and non-fiction.

Answer: Dracula the Undead

Ian Holt collaborated with Dacre Stoker, the great grand-nephew of Bram, to write "Dracula the Undead" which was first published in 2009.
Ian Holt is a respected "Dracula" scholar and expert on the original 1897 book.

NOTE: As well as the book by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt, there is another "Dracula" sequel named "Dracula the Undead" which was commissioned by the Penguin publishing group. It written by Freda Warrington and first published in 1997.

Answer: Alexandra Ripley

Although it was slated by the critics, "Scarlett" sold several million copies worldwide, and topped bestseller lists in the US and Europe. It was also made into a television series, starring Timothy Dalton as Rhett Butler and Joanne Whalley-Kilmer as Scarlett O'Hara.

Answer: And Another Thing...

Douglas Adams died in 2001, after completing five books in the "Hitchhiker" series. "And Another Thing..." was published in October 2009, thirty years to the day after the first book.

Eoin Colfer is perhaps best known for his "Artemis Fowl" series, the eponymous first book of which was first published in 2001.

Answer: He translated "Heidi" into English

Johanna Spyri died in 1901, and had never revealed any plans, notes or intentions to write a sequel to "Heidi".

Although she is world famous as the author of "Heidi" she actually wrote thirty books and anthologies of children's stories, though none of the others had the same popularity as "Heidi".

Answer: Simon Clark

Also released under the title "Revolt of the Triffids", Wyndham's book was first published in 1951. "The Night of the Triffids" takes up the story of Bill and Josella Masen twenty-five years after their daring escape to the Isle of Wight, as they continue to search for a way of ridding the world of the sinister triffid plants.

Answer: Peter Pan in Scarlet

The Great Ormond Street children's hospital in London owns all the rights to "Peter Pan" after they inherited them from J.M. Barrie in 1937. As well as the full 2006 book, an abridged child's version of "Peter Pan in Scarlet" was published in 2008.

Answer: "Oz" by L. Frank Baum

L. Frank Baum wrote fourteen books in the series, beginning with "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", first published in 1900. He died in 1919, long before the 1939 MGM film made his story so successful.

Answer: Pemberley

Pemberley is said to have been based on Chatsworth House in the English county of Derbyshire. "Pride and Prejudice" was originally published in 1813, and has been almost continually in print ever since. It is one of the books which appears most often on "best loved book" lists around the world, and has sold over twenty million copies so far.

Emma Tennant's "Pemberley" was not well received by readers or critics, and many inconsistencies with the original story have been pointed out since it was first published in 1993.