What Author? Haiku Clue! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ian Fleming

Author Ian Fleming wrote twelve James Bond novels, beginning with Casino Royale. Bond was Agent 007, and his suave demeanor in each adventure made each story wonderful to read. He wanted his martinis "shaken, not stirred" and he rarely lost his calm and cool.

Answer: Washington Irving

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was written by Washington Irving. Anti-hero Ichabod Crane disappeared. Killed by the famous Headless Horseman? Disposed of by a romantic rival? Or just ... gone?

Answer: Dr. Seuss

Theodor Seuss Geisel, pen name Dr. Seuss, wrote "Green Eggs and Ham". The character Sam-I-Am was insistent that the unnamed protagonist try the unconventional dish. "I would not like them here or there. I would not like them
anywhere. I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-am." But then he TRIED them... and the story changed!

Answer: Douglas Adams

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", by Douglas Adams, had protagonist Arthur Dent traveling around the universe, in a hilarious science fiction comedy novel.
One famous quote from the novel had that forty-two was the answer to life, the universe and everything.

Answer: J. D. Robb

Nora Roberts, writing as J. D. Robb, writes the "In Death" series which began in 1995 with "Naked In Death." Her characters, police-lieutenant Eve Dallas and her husband Rourke (one name only), solve crimes in the mid-twenty-first century.

Answer: William Shakespeare

MacBeth, written by Shakespeare (the "Bard") is a tale of royal intrigue which includes betrayal and murder. MacBeth and his wife kill Duncan, and then Lady M cannot get clean of the blood, always seeing it on her hands. The guilt makes a psychological mess!

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Set in 1642 Boston, "The Scarlet Letter" tells a tale of a woman accused of adultery in a Puritan community. She is forced to wear a scarlet letter A, for "Adultery", and stand in the stockade. She bears a child from the affair but refuses to name the father of her child, protecting him. THEN her husband, previously presumed dead, shows up, and he takes up the cause of the double standard.

Answer: Stephen King

Stephen King tells a tale of a teen with few friends and telekinetic power in "Carrie". It was King's first published novel. Carrie is not popular but is asked to the prom. Mean girls dump pig blood on her head, and then the havoc begins, because Carrie has abilities unknown by her classmates.

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

Perhaps Poe's most famous poem, "The Raven" was first published in 1845. A raven shows up as the protagonist is sitting alone, pondering, "weak and weary", lamenting the loss of his beloved Lenore. The bird has one line, "Nevermore."

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet 43, from the book "Sonnets from the Portuguese" was written in 1850. "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." The ways include the depth and height of her soul's reach, and with God's permission the love will continue after death. It is SUCH a beautiful poem!