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This quiz will test your knowledge about authors who created some of the world's best-known romantic fiction. Check out our biographies or use our online Biography and Literature Resource Center databases to find out more about these famous writers.

When this author was a young child, she invented an imaginary land called Gondal and wrote stories and poems about it with her sister. They continued writing about Gondal for the rest of their lives. Answer

Though she is famous for writing young adult books about vampires, this author says she has never seen a vampire movie and is not a fan of vampire books  .Answer

This playwright got married at age 18 to a woman who was eight years older than him. Answer

While working as a library shelver at age 16, this future author discovered many books by African-American authors. Reading these books inspired her to become a journalist and novelist herself. Answer

When this mystery writer turned to erotica, she had to hire a bodyguard to accompany her on book signing tours to protect her from angry fans who were upset by her newer, racier books. Answer

This author started writing her masterpiece while waiting for a broken ankle to heal. Her husband brought her stacks of library books to read while she convalesced, then presented her with a stack of blank paper. Since she had read almost every book in the library, it was her turn to write a book herself if she wanted anything to read, he said. Answer

A snowstorm inspired this author to write her first romance novel. Trapped in her house with her two young sons and only their game of Candyland for entertainment, she grabbed a pencil and started writing. Answer

This popular author is actually two authors, Roberta Anderson and Mary Kuczkir, writing together under a pseudonym. Answer

One of the reasons this classic author kept her writing a secret was because she thought her sister was more deserving of the limelight than she was. She dreaded the thought of becoming a public figure and tried hard not to associate her name with her early books. Answer

An unsent letter to her grandfather was this author's inspiration to write her first novel. Her grandfather believed that people only died when you forgot them. After he passed away, she wrote a novel based on her own family to show that she would not forget him. Answer

Answers 
Emily Bronte  
Stephenie Meyer  
William Shakespeare  
Terry McMillan

Laurell K. Hamilton
Margaret Mitchell
Nora Roberts
Fern Michaels
Jane Austen
Isabel Allende

Posted: 02/11/08

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