#9009, aired 2024-01-04 | ALL ABOUT AUTHORS $600: Before writing "The Hunger Games", she wrote for children's TV shows, including "Clarissa Explains It All" (Suzanne) Collins |
#8997, aired 2023-12-19 | AUSTRALIAN BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: Patrick White's "The Eye of the Storm", about a matriarch & her children, has been called a Down Under version of this 1608 play King Lear |
#8385, aired 2021-04-23 | AUTHORS $2000: This Brazilian author of "The Alchemist" deleted a children's book he was writing with Kobe Bryant after Kobe's tragic death (Paulo) Coelho |
#8285, aired 2020-11-20 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $2000: This woman wrote the Holocaust-set children's book "Number the Stars" Lois Lowry |
#8040, aired 2019-07-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $2000: 1938's "Uncle Tom's Children" was the first book by this "Native Son" author (Richard) Wright |
#7817, aired 2018-09-11 | AUTHORS' SECOND NOVELS $1200: In "Midnight's Children", No. 2 by Salman Rushdie, Saleem is born Aug. 15, 1947 in this country on its independence day India |
#7017, aired 2015-03-03 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: She wrote for children's TV shows like "Clarissa Explains It All" before turning out "The Hunger Games" (Suzanne) Collins |
#7002, aired 2015-02-10 | FEMALE AUTHORS $800: Author of more than 200 works, Nora Roberts was the first inductee of the Hall of Fame for writers in this genre romance |
#6540, aired 2013-02-08 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $2000: Ransom Riggs blends fiction & photography in this Miss' "Home For Peculiar Children" Miss Peregrine |
#6100, aired 2011-03-04 | AUTHORS $400: This Garp creator also wrote the children's book "A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound" (John) Irving |
#5406, aired 2008-02-25 | AMERICANA $1000: The Caldecott is for illustrators; authors get this medal for the most distinguished American children's book the Newbery |
#5343, aired 2007-11-28 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $200: Cecil Bodker is the only Dane to win the coveted 51-year-old award named for this countryman Hans Christian Andersen |
#5343, aired 2007-11-28 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $400: Walter R. Brooks created Ed the talking horse (later seen on TV) & Freddy this talking farm animal pig |
#5343, aired 2007-11-28 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $600: Esther Forbes lived most of her life in this state & set her novel "Johnny Tremain" there Massachusetts |
#5343, aired 2007-11-28 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $800: A clergyman known as "The Puff-Puff Parson" created this character, the basis of a series of books, DVDs, etc. Thomas the Tank Engine |
#5343, aired 2007-11-28 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $1000: This author of "Goodnight Moon" was a "colorful" character who kept perishable foods in a well Margaret Wise Brown |
#5290, aired 2007-09-14 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $200: This California first lady's "What's Heaven?" was inspired by the death of her grandmother, Rose Kennedy Maria Shriver |
#5290, aired 2007-09-14 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $400: This "Wizard of Oz" author wrote books for girls under the pen name Mrs. Edith van Dyne L(yman) Frank Baum |
#5290, aired 2007-09-14 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $600: In addition to the "Goosebumps" series, he's also written the "Fear Street" series for older kids R(obert) L(awrence) Stine |
#5290, aired 2007-09-14 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $1000: Among her famous characters are Ramona Quimby & Henry Huggins Beverly Cleary |
#5290, aired 2007-09-14 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $1,600 (Daily Double): His widow Felicity said he would have loved the new "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" movie; he hated the old one Roald Dahl |
#5266, aired 2007-07-02 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $600: In 2006 this first lady of hip-hop came out with her first children's book, "Queen of the Scene" Queen Latifah |
#3891, aired 2001-07-02 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1949 this Nobel laureate founded Welcome House, an adoption agency specializing in Asian-American children Pearl Buck |
#3889, aired 2001-06-28 | AUTHORS ON FILM $200: Danny Kaye sang "Inchworm" & "Thumbelina" in a delightful musical about this children's author Hans Christian Andersen |
#3125, aired 1998-03-13 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: Her 1933 book "Farmer Boy" describes the childhood of her husband, Almanzo Wilder Laura Ingalls Wilder |
#3125, aired 1998-03-13 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: "Our Exploits at West Poley" is a children's book by this "Tess of the D' Urbervilles" author Thomas Hardy |
#3125, aired 1998-03-13 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: This author of the Uncle Remus stories also wrote "Wally Wanderoon and His Story-Telling Machine" Joel Chandler Harris |
#3125, aired 1998-03-13 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: "The Twits" is the tale of a perfectly dreadful couple by this author of "James and the Giant Peach" Roald Dahl |
#3125, aired 1998-03-13 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: He called his fifth Narnia novel "The Horse and His Boy" C.S. Lewis |
#3090, aired 1998-01-23 | BESTSELLING AUTHORS $200: As of 1996 he had 5 of the 15 bestselling children's books ever, led by "Green Eggs and Ham" Dr. Seuss |
#2912, aired 1997-04-08 | BRITISH CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $100: He first wrote about Christopher Robin in the verse book "When We Were Very Young" A.A. Milne |
#2912, aired 1997-04-08 | BRITISH CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $200: He began his "Jabberwocky" poem, " 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves..." Lewis Carroll |
#2912, aired 1997-04-08 | BRITISH CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $300 (Daily Double): Though written in 1906, her story of "The Sly Old Cat" wasn't published until 1971 Beatrix Potter |
#2912, aired 1997-04-08 | BRITISH CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $400: Richard Adams originally told this rabbit tale to amuse his young daughters Watership Down |
#2912, aired 1997-04-08 | BRITISH CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $500: This author famous for her Mary Poppins books passed away in 1996 P.L. Travers |
#2861, aired 1997-01-27 | BRITISH AUTHORS $600: In 1990 this "Satanic Verses" author published the children's book "Haroun & the Sea of Stories" Salman Rushdie |
#2854, aired 1997-01-16 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: Theodor Geisel, better known by this pseudonym, wrote "I Wish That I Had Duck Feet" under the name Theo. LeSieg Dr. Seuss |
#2854, aired 1997-01-16 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: 7 years after creating Stuart Little, E.B. White spun this tale about a spider "Charlotte's Web" |
#2854, aired 1997-01-16 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: Johnny Gruelle created his stories about this pair of dolls to entertain his sickly daughter Marcella Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy |
#2854, aired 1997-01-16 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: "The Moon Lady" was the first children's book by this author of "The Joy Luck Club" Amy Tan |
#2832, aired 1996-12-17 | 19TH CENTURY AUTHORS $800: "Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country" is a children's book by this creator of Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris |
#2762, aired 1996-09-10 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: His 1981 novel "Midnight's Children" wasn't quite as controversial as "The Satanic Verses" Salman Rushdie |
#2727, aired 1996-06-11 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: After writing a book about Marilyn Monroe, this feminist established the Marilyn Monroe Children's Fund Gloria Steinem |
#2649, aired 1996-02-22 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: Illustrated by his daughter Amy, "The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer" is this former president's 1st children's book Jimmy Carter |
#2498, aired 1995-06-14 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" is Roald Dahl's sequel to this children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
#2358, aired 1994-11-30 | LAURELS $100: An international award for authors & illustrators of children's books is name for this Danish author Hans Christian Andersen |
#2098, aired 1993-10-20 | WOMEN AUTHORS $600: This author of "The Color Purple" also wrote a children's biography of Langston Hughes Alice Walker |
#2053, aired 1993-07-07 | AUTHORS $1000: Reb Tevye is the main character in several of his stories, including "Today's Children" Sholem Aleichem |
#1995, aired 1993-04-16 | AUTHORS $800: "The Moon Lady" is a children's book from this author of "The Joy Luck Club" (Amy) Tan |
#1967, aired 1993-03-09 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: Madeleine L'Engle is perhaps best known for her children's novel "A Wrinkle in" this Time |
#1905, aired 1992-12-11 | CARD GAMES $400: A popular "Jeopardy!" category, or a children's game with pictures of writers on the cards Authors |
#1843, aired 1992-09-16 | BRITISH AUTHORS $400: Her career as a children's book writer & illustrator effectively ended with her marriage in 1913 Beatrix Potter |
#1738, aired 1992-03-04 | WOMEN AUTHORS $100: Her 1967 novel "The Outsiders" is the best-selling children's paperback of all time S.E. Hinton |
#1717, aired 1992-02-04 | AUTHORS $100: Invited to Charles Dickens' home for a 2-week visit, this Danish children's author stayed 5 Hans Christian Andersen |
#1559, aired 1991-05-16 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: This 1980 novel was the first book in Jean Auel's "Earth's Children" series Clan of the Cave Bear |
#1143, aired 1989-07-19 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: The adventures of Toad, Rat & Mole were featured in this 1908 Kenneth Grahame children's classic The Wind in the Willows |
#1067, aired 1989-04-04 | AWARDS $300: The John Newbery Medal is given annually to authors in this field children's literature |
#8751, aired 2022-11-28 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS: Reversing the story of this heroine she created, Patricia MacLachlan was born on the prairie but spent much of her life in New England Sarah (Wheaton) |
#8043, aired 2019-07-24 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS: This author & illustrator who won the 1964 Caldecott Medal was dubbed the "Picasso of children's books" Maurice Sendak |
#7483, aired 2017-03-08 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS: "The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots", written by her in 1914, was first published in 2016 Beatrix Potter |
#7233, aired 2016-02-10 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS: At 24 he began a verse retelling the Cupid & Psyche myth, including a character named Caspian C.S. Lewis |
#7036, aired 2015-03-30 | WOMEN AUTHORS: In addition to her novels, she also wrote a children's book about Sun Yat-sen & an "Oriental Cookbook" Pearl Buck |
#5467, aired 2008-05-20 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS: In 1896 he said his mother had lost her childhood at 8; he "knew a time would come when I also must give up the games" J.M. Barrie |
#5035, aired 2006-06-30 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS: This author & illustrator has said, "Max is like my demented son and he's taking care of his father for life" Maurice Sendak |
#4971, aired 2006-04-03 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: The grandson of a humorist, the son of a children's author, his first novel in 1974 was huge bestseller Peter Benchley |
#4610, aired 2004-09-24 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS: After WWI he wrote, "To develop a horse-surgery… would necessitate a knowledge of horse language" Hugh Lofting (author of the Doctor Dolittle books) |
#3142, aired 1998-04-07 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS & AUTHORS: He also created a 2-letter land called Ix L. Frank Baum (creator of the Wizard of Oz) |
#1709, aired 1992-01-23 | WOMEN AUTHORS: In 1901 she published what has become the best-selling children's book of all time Beatrix Potter |