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In a story by this author, Urszula, who believes she is not from Earth, decides to poison a man who hurts young girls when her brother says she must kill someone to return home. This author of “A Better Place” wrote a novel in which the blind Ina starts to lactate sight-restoring milk in her forties. (10[1])In that novel by this author, the shepherd’s boy Marek is given to Lord Villiam (10[1])after killing (10[1])his son. (-5[1])The title character of a novel by this author helps Rebecca Saint John prove that a boy at a juvenile correctional facility was (10[1])raped by his father. This author of Homesick for Another World and Lapvona (10[3])wrote (10[1])a (10[1])novel (10[2])whose protagonist (10[2])is fired from a Manhattan art gallery (10[1])for defecating on the floor. That woman created by this author loses her friend Reva on 9/11 (10[1])after deciding to spend all (10[1])of her time sleeping. (10[2])For (10[1])10 points, name this author of Eileen and My Year of Rest and Relaxation. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Ottessa Moshfegh (“MOSH-feg”) [or Ottessa Charlotte Moshfegh]
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2195%0%5%115.80

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Halle FriedmanNYURutgers5510
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Seth EbnerJohns HopkinsDuke7210
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Guy IndoranteIowa StateIndiana9710
Jack RadoColumbia BChicago D11010
Will OrrYale BNorthwestern11010
Andrew HannaPennVanderbilt11010
Mattias EhatammWaterlooBerkeley A11110
Arthur Delot-VilainYale ASouth Carolina11210
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BKentucky11310
Matt JacksonChicago AArizona State11310
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AFlorida11510
Joel MilesMinnesota AMcGill11510
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AMinnesota B12210
Adrian WongOttawaBrown13910
Andrew WangIllinoisChicago C14410
Tim MorrisonStanfordPurdue14810
Wenying WuToronto AVirginia14810
Ivvone ZhouNorth Carolina BToronto B14910
Neal JoshiWUSTL BTexas16310