Because he became popular as a poet, this author chose to publish his novels anonymously, leading to his books being published as “by the author of Waverley.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this author of historical fiction novels like Rob Roy and Ivanhoe.
ANSWER: Walter Scott [or Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet]
[10m] According to the biographer J. G. Lockhart, Scott began a diary after reading this author’s journal. Scott’s popularity as a poet was eclipsed by this author’s four-canto poem dedicated to “Ianthe” that follows a young man’s travels around Europe.
ANSWER: Lord Byron [or George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron] (The poem is Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage.)
[10h] After Scott’s death, an unauthorized biography was written by this friend of his. The devilish Gil-Martin convinces Robert Wringhim to murder people in this author’s novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner.
ANSWER: James Hogg
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