This goo was worth a point in January 2023.

publication date: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 (part of January 2023)

category: Literature

clue: Her husband's novels were adapted into popular films, but this Southern novelist was more than just a wife on weekends, and she made some waves of her own. Who's the king?

explanation: King, widow of Pat Conroy, wrote The Sunday Wife and Making Waves. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Richard Slominsky, and Erik Bates


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