Question

A character created by this author ends a tale with a dwarf named Omba being told to look away as a hero takes off his mask to mourn the bird Black Wing. In that story by this author, a college student imitating serial novels tells stories to the Comanche Club while driving their (15[1]-5[1])bus. A story by this author ends with (15[1])Boo Boo racing her son Lionel after he (15[1])overhears a maid say a slur. A character created by this author kisses (-5[1])a girl’s foot after she claims to see an animal that (10[1])(*) gorges itself and dies (10[1])when it can’t leave its feeding hole. In a story by this author of “The Laughing Man” and “Down at the Dinghy,” a man shoots (10[1])himself after talking with Sybil Carpenter on a beach. For 10 (10[1])points, name this author who wrote about Seymour and other members of the Glass family in stories like “A Perfect Day for Bananafish.” ■END■

ANSWER: J.D. Salinger [or Jerome David Salinger]
<Literature - American Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Guy IndoranteIowa StatePenn State B5315
Teigue KellyPenn State ANorth Carolina53-5
Benjamin KramerCase WesternOhio State6115
Andrew ZengStanfordMichigan C6915
Shourjo GanguliOhio StateMichigan C82-5
Roan DowlingIowaVassar9310
Biyang ZhangMichigan AWUSTL9710
Elijah QuanMichigan COhio State12210
Jonathan ShaufNorth CarolinaPenn State A13310

Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y683%67%17%57.80
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%0%0%114.25
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y450%25%50%101.50
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%50%17%84.33
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y1100%0%100%122.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%67%0%73.67