Willa Cather

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Clue	Answer As Given	Value	Round	Category	Air Date	Show
Antonia Shimerda	Willa Cather	$1,600	DJ	6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR AUTHORS	2026-03-20	#9525
After working for a muckraking magazine in the early 1900s, she began to write about her childhood memories of Nebraska	Willa Cather	$1,600	DJ	FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS	2025-05-21	#9338
At age 9 in 1883 she moved west, where she met Annie Pavelka, a young pioneer on whom she would later model a title character	Willa Cather		FJ	FEMALE AUTHORS	2023-06-23	#8900
Antonia Shimerda	Willa Cather	$1,200	DJ	THE HEROINE'S AUTHOR	2021-12-20	#8536
Antonia Shimerda	Willa Cather	$1,600	DJ	5 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR AUTHORS	2018-04-13	#7740
She wrote for the Nebraska State Journal & the Pittsburgh Leader before penning "My Antonia"	Willa Cather DD	$4,000	DJ	WOMEN WRITERS	2007-03-23	#5195
Pioneering Nebraska novelist seenherein 1915	Willa Cather	$400	J	NAME THAT AUTHOR	2005-02-14	#4711
The heroine of her 1923 novel "A Lost Lady" is based on Mrs. Silas Garber, wife of a governor of Nebraska	Willa Cather DD	$600	J	AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS	2002-12-12	#4209
She dedicated "O Pioneers!" to her fellow novelist Sarah Orne Jewett	Willa Cather	$400	DJ	AUTHORS	2000-12-05	#3742
This author of "My Antonia" set her last novel, "Sapphira And The Slave Girl", in Virginia, her home state	Willa Cather	$600	DJ	AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS	1997-04-09	#2913
She set "Death Comes For The Archbishop" in New Mexico, not on the Nebraska prairie	Willa Cather	$800	DJ	AUTHORS	1996-12-13	#2830
Part II of her novel "O Pioneers!" is entitled "Neighboring Fields"	Willa Cather	$200	DJ	AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS	1996-06-20	#2734
Before turning full time to writing, this "My Antonia" author was an editor at McClure's magazine	Willa Cather	$1,000	DJ	WOMEN AUTHORS	1995-02-14	#2412
In 1873 she was born in Virginia, not Nebraska, & her original first name was Wilella	Willa Cather	$600	DJ	WOMEN AUTHORS	1994-01-03	#2151
Virginia-born Nebraska authoress whose 1st novel, "Alexander's Bridge", was published in 1912	Willa Cather	$1,000	DJ	AUTHORS	1992-03-24	#1752
As a teenager, she cut her hair, dressed in boyish clothes & called herself William Cather	Willa Cather	$100	J	AUTHORS	1989-06-12	#1116

Clue

Answer As Given

Value

Round

Category

Air Date

Show

Antonia Shimerda

Willa Cather

$1,600

6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR AUTHORS

2026-03-20

#9525

After working for a muckraking magazine in the early 1900s, she began to write about her childhood memories of Nebraska

Willa Cather

$1,600

FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS

2025-05-21

#9338

At age 9 in 1883 she moved west, where she met Annie Pavelka, a young pioneer on whom she would later model a title character

Willa Cather

FEMALE AUTHORS

2023-06-23

#8900

Antonia Shimerda

Willa Cather

$1,200

THE HEROINE'S AUTHOR

2021-12-20

#8536

Antonia Shimerda

Willa Cather

$1,600

5 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR AUTHORS

2018-04-13

#7740

She wrote for the Nebraska State Journal & the Pittsburgh Leader before penning "My Antonia"

Willa Cather DD

$4,000

WOMEN WRITERS

2007-03-23

#5195

Pioneering Nebraska novelist seenherein 1915

Willa Cather

$400

NAME THAT AUTHOR

2005-02-14

#4711

The heroine of her 1923 novel "A Lost Lady" is based on Mrs. Silas Garber, wife of a governor of Nebraska

Willa Cather DD

$600

AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS

2002-12-12

#4209

She dedicated "O Pioneers!" to her fellow novelist Sarah Orne Jewett

Willa Cather

$400

AUTHORS

2000-12-05

#3742

This author of "My Antonia" set her last novel, "Sapphira And The Slave Girl", in Virginia, her home state

Willa Cather

$600

AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS

1997-04-09

#2913

She set "Death Comes For The Archbishop" in New Mexico, not on the Nebraska prairie

Willa Cather

$800

AUTHORS

1996-12-13

#2830

Part II of her novel "O Pioneers!" is entitled "Neighboring Fields"

Willa Cather

$200

AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS

1996-06-20

#2734

Before turning full time to writing, this "My Antonia" author was an editor at McClure's magazine

Willa Cather

$1,000

WOMEN AUTHORS

1995-02-14

#2412

In 1873 she was born in Virginia, not Nebraska, & her original first name was Wilella

Willa Cather

$600

WOMEN AUTHORS

1994-01-03

#2151

Virginia-born Nebraska authoress whose 1st novel, "Alexander's Bridge", was published in 1912

Willa Cather

$1,000

AUTHORS

1992-03-24

#1752

As a teenager, she cut her hair, dressed in boyish clothes & called herself William Cather

Willa Cather

$100

AUTHORS

1989-06-12

#1116