publication date: Monday, August 29, 2022 (part of Summer 2022)

category: Literature

clue: Her depiction of the Dust Bowl won a Pulitzer, and she remains the youngest winner ever for fiction.

explanation: Johnson, then 24 years old, won for Now in November in 1935. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, and Samir Mehta


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