Question
The setting of one of this author’s novels was inspired by a postcard depicting a building designed by Samuel Bugbee. In a novel by this author, Luke Sanderson rents out a country estate to Dr. Montague, but stays there while Montague uses it for research. That novel by this author ends as Eleanor breaks down and drives into a tree after leaving the title location. In a story by this author, the phrase (*) “corn be heavy soon” is used to justify a ritual centered around a wooden black box. In that story by this author of The Haunting of Hill House, Old Man Warner defends a ceremony that “isn’t fair” and “isn’t right” according to Tessie Hutchinson. For 10 points, name this author of “The Lottery.” ■END■
ANSWER: Shirley Jackson [or Shirley Hardie Jackson]
<Yingzhi Nyang, Literature - American - Short Fiction> ~25578~ <Editor: Chandler West>
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Kyunghwan Lim | Chattahoochee A | Dunbar | 76 | 10 |
Aryan Pathak | Lake Highland | Maggie Walker C | 82 | 10 |