In a novel by this author, a woman cries while reading a letter that reveals the location of a lost Amati violin. This author dedicated an early copy of one of his novels to his friend John Sheddan, whose death in an empty theater (-5[1])is fictionalized in a later novel by this author. A man reminisces (-5[2])on his schizophrenic sister’s hallucinations of the Thalidomide Kid in a novel by this (15[1])author, (15[1])which follows two (15[1])mathematical (15[2])prodigies whose father worked on the (10[1])atomic bomb. This author's 2022 novel (*) Stella (10[1])Maris (10[5]-5[1])was (10[1])written as a “coda” (10[2]-5[1])to his novel published earlier that year, The Passenger. The protagonist of (10[1])a novel by this (10[1])author joins the Glanton Gang under Judge Holden. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[3])name this late (10[1])author who created the “Kid” in his western epic Blood (10[1])Meridian. (10[3])■END■ (10[1])