A novel-within-a-novel by this author features the sci-fi writer Alex Thomas, who had an affair with the narrator Iris Chase. This author described Nicole working at The Clothes Hound and being recruited by the Pearl Girls in a covert mission to support the Mayday group. In another novel (10[1])by this author, one character finds a mock-Latin phrase that translates as “Don’t let the bastards (-5[1])grind you down” while (10[1])serving in the house of Serena Joy. (10[1])That (-5[1])novel by this (10[1])author (0[1])of The Testaments (-5[1])is set in the dystopian (10[1])Republic of Gilead where Offred (10[1])is forced to produce children as one of the title characters. For 10 points, name this Canadian author of (-5[1])The Handmaid’s Tale. ■END■ (0[1])