A novel by this author intertwines the stories of the 7-year-old refugee Anita Díaz arriving in Arizona in 2019 and the 5-year-old Samuel Adler escaping Vienna (10[1])in 1938. This author created a character who works as a cook and pianist for a traveling caravan of sex workers and ultimately falls in love with an acupuncturist. (10[1])That character created by this author travels to California disguised as a gay man in search of her lover, who may be the bandit Joaquin Murieta. This author of Daughter of Fortune (10[1])wrote a novel (10[1])in which Tránsito Soto (10[1])helps a man to rescue his granddaughter, Alba, from a sadistic colonel. In that novel by this author, Blanca and Pedro Tercero flee (10[1])to Canada with the help of Esteban Trueba following a (10[1])military coup. For 10 points, name this author of The House of the Spirits. ■END■ (10[1])