20 Questions, round 212

[Spartaculous]

I think I've got it down to 2 people by now; the answer I give now hinges on the question above...

I am sitting on the same.

a race then? as to who can type it first?

I guess it is!

[Spartaculous]

I am sitting on the same.

a race then? as to who can type it first?

I guess it is!

Do you think we have the same people? Mine have the same birth year.

[kingofthepirates]

a race then? as to who can type it first?

I guess it is!

Do you think we have the same people? Mine have the same birth year.

interesting! mine have different ones. perhaps not the two same people, but likely at least 1 overlap

[Wattsthematter]

Was he most notably a novelist?

Yes

[Spartaculous]

Free guess: Upton Sinclair

[kingofthepirates]

non free guess: John Griffith Chaney, aka Jack London

[Spartaculous]

non free guess: John Griffith Chaney, aka Jack London

Already done in my 7-way showdown!

[Wattsthematter]

Free guess: Upton Sinclair

It is not Upton Sinclair

[Wattsthematter]

non free guess: John Griffith Chaney, aka Jack London

Already done in my 7-way showdown!

I shall scratch this

[kingofthepirates]

non free guess: John Griffith Chaney, aka Jack London

Already done in my 7-way showdown!

aw man, true, true. Should've checked the list. scratch this one, but I think you got it Spartaculous (btw, i only just realized your user name was spartaculous, i always read it as spartacus lmao).

[Spartaculous]

Free guess: Upton Sinclair

It is not Upton Sinclair

Ah, I should have been more careful. He won a Pulitzer. Oh well.

[kingofthepirates]

oh-ho! interesting...

[Spartaculous]

non free guess: John Griffith Chaney, aka Jack London

Already done in my 7-way showdown!

aw man, true, true. Should've checked the list. scratch this one, but I think you got it Spartaculous (btw, i only just realized your user name was spartaculous, i always read it as spartacus lmao).

"Spartacus" was taken when I signed up for the site.

[Hominidae]

Free guess: Upton Sinclair

It is not Upton Sinclair

Ah, I should have been more careful. He won a Pulitzer. Oh well.

I thought of this one earlier as well, but didn't guess it for this exact reason.

[kingofthepirates]

let's try this:
non-free guess: Lyman Frank Baum, author of the wizard of oz?

[Wattsthematter]

let's try this:
non-free guess: Lyman Frank Baum, author of the wizard of oz?

This is incorrect. For my first hint, I would recommend some questions regarding the genre of the author's writings.

[Hominidae]

Non-free guess: H. P. Lovecraft

[Wattsthematter]

Non-free guess: H. P. Lovecraft

This is correct! Despite his repulsive racism and his cat’s name, H. P. Lovecraft has written some of my favorite stories. I was worried the “primarily a novelist” would put a kink in this… so I’m glad you got it! Congrats

[Hominidae]

It required me browsing Wikipedia's List of American novelists with Ctrl-F "(18" until I found someone extremely famous, but I got it.

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