+6 Best American Author Trivia and Quizzes in United States

Which iconic American writer was born in Boston in 1809?

Which of these American authors wrote the short story "The Black Cat"?

Which of the following male authors is American?

Which American author wrote "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"?

What American author created the popular horror figure of Cthulhu?

Which of these American writers has won both a Nobel and a Pulitzer?

Which American author wrote "Pet Sematary" and "Carrie"?

Which of the following books was written by an American author?

Which iconic American author lived in Paris in the 1920s?

Which iconic American author wrote, "As I Lay Dying"?

Who is the author of the novella "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?

Which American author famously lived in a cabin in the woods?

Which of these famous writers was born in the United States?

What American writer introduced the concept of "gonzo journalism"?

Which iconic American author wrote the story "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"?

"The New York Trilogy" is a series of novels by which American author?

Which American author wrote the short story "Rip Van Winkle"?

Missouri is home to a national forest named after which author?

Which American author wrote a book about Hell's Angels?

Which of these writers won a Pulitzer Prize for American Pastoral?

Which of these horror authors wrote "The Masque of the Red Death"?

What U.S. novelist's home shelters several six-toed cats?

Which president inspired Walt Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" verse?

What is Mark Twain considered the father of?

Who is the author of "Walden; or, Life in the Woods"?

Who was often described as a "Master of the Macabre" in short stories?

Who wrote the poem "The Brain is Wider than the Sky"?

Herman Melville wrote which famous oceanic novel?

Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Old Man and the Sea"?

What book was dedicated to Hawthorne in admiration for his genius?

The Baltimore Ravens' mascot is named after which American author?

Who wrote the famous historical fiction novel The Scarlet Letter?

Who was Tom Sawyer's best friend in Mark Twain's novels?

Which of Edgar Allan Poe's works was written in memory of his wife?

"Fire and Ice" is a 1920 poem written by whom?

Which American author coined the term 'The Gilded Age'?

Which iconic writer encouraged readers to send him encoded messages?

Which famous American novelist has rarely shown his face in public?

What symbol is prominently featured in the novel "The Scarlet Letter"?

What is J. D. Salinger's only novel?

In which city is the novel "The Great Gatsby" set in?

Who was the writer of the non-fiction novel In Cold Blood?

The 1851 novel 'Moby Dick' is about which type of animal?

What happened to the original manuscript of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men?

In which U.S. city is the novel "A Confederacy of Dunces" located?

Which book by Harper Lee was adapted into an award-winning 1962 movie?

What anti-slavery novel played a role in the Civil War?

"The Sound and the Fury" is a novel released in 1929 and written by whom?

Moby Dick was based on the real life story of what ship?

Who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath"?

In which US state is the novel "Little Women" set?

Who wrote the novel 'East of Eden' (1952)?

Which of these novels was written by Cormac McCarthy?

Which 1972 film by Francis Ford Coppola is based on a best-selling novel?

Which American author wrote the best-selling memoir "Eat, Pray, Love"?

Which American best-selling author wrote "The Hunt for Red October"?

Which author wrote the legal thriller "The Firm"?

Jason Bourne was created by which novelist?

Who is the author of the top-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code"?

Which bestselling author has a videogame franchise named after him?

What Cormac McCarthy's novel revolves around a drug deal gone bad?

Who's the bestselling author of the "Odd Thomas" book series?

"The Lost Symbol" was a 2009 best-selling thriller by which author?

Who wrote the bestselling book "Are you there God? It's me, Margaret"?

According to the World Guinness Record which is the best-selling book?

Which politician wrote the 2003 bestselling book 'Living History'?

Who is the author of the Hunger Games book series?

What is Dan Brown's "Robert Langdon" series' first book?

What is the title of Barack Obama's second book, published in 2006?

Every year from 1994-2000, who had the best-selling new fiction work?

Which bestselling author first tried to become a pop star?

Which American playwright wrote "Death of a Salesman"?

Who wrote the short story "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (1922)?

For which book is American author Jack Kerouac most known?

Who is the author of "The Catcher In The Rye"?

Which American poet is best known for his long poem 'The Waste Land'?

American author John Grisham is most famous for writing in what genre?

Who was the American author of "Still I Rise"?

In which Maine city was iconic American author Stephen King born?

Who was the first female writer to be published in North America?

Which of these American authors wrote the novel "The Turn of the Screw"?

Which iconic American author's real name was Chloe Ardelia Wofford?

Which American poet was awarded over 50 honorary degrees?

Dean Moriarty is a character in which classic American novel?

What American writer debuted with a comic story about a jumping frog?

Which American author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949?

Who wrote 'Leaves of Grass'?