Another Winner, #6
by admin | Nov-18-2008
Vikram Johri, emailing from Delhi, India, was the first into the in-box with the correct answer—Alice Munro—at 4:46 am EST, making him the winner of this installment of the NBCC/Paris Review “Name that Author” contest.
Among the incorrect answers (one of which arrived at 4:42 am, making it the quickest answer, albeit wrong): Joyce Carol Oates, E. Annie Proulx, John Updike, Jane Smiley, Anita Brookner, Mary McCarthy, Harold Pinter, Richard Yates, and Jan Morris.
Gregg Barrios in San Antonio was first runner-up with the correct answer (Alice Munro), clocking in at 5:56 am EST with the correct answer, followed by Sumita Mukherji (at 6:31 am EST), (Drew Smith in Austin (6:38 am EST),Gary W Thomson in Omaha(6:44 am EST), Annelise Finegan in Rochester at 7:53 am EST, and Deb Fowler at 8:49 am EST.
Keep an eye out for the seventh installment tomorrow.
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