Post Quiz: Writer Oddities

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Post Quiz: Writer Oddities

Most h2g2 readers say that they love to read fiction. Which is funny, when you come to think about it, because that means they like to read books by odd people. How odd? See if you can match these well-known fiction writers to an odd, sad, or disreputable fact about them.

  1. Kurt Vonnegut
  2. Mark Twain
  3. Charles Dickens
  4. JK Rowling
  5. O Henry
  6. Ian Fleming
  7. JRR Tolkien
  8. Erle Stanley Gardner
  9. Agatha Christie
  10. Dan Brown
  • Was bitten by a baboon spider as a child.
  • Started out as a song writer.
  • Deserted from the Confederate army.
  • Was thrown out of law school.
  • Fled the country to escape arrest.
  • Disappeared, and was sought by police and mediums.
  • Had to visit a parent in jail.
  • Designed a 'not very nice' spy idea.
  • Was a single parent on welfare.
  • Was a POW.

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