The young protagonist is terrified by a stage version of one of this author’s novels at the start of a later novel, causing her adoptive mother to slap Flora for bringing her. This author is killed off in a chapter titled “[This author] is Dead!” from a novel that fictionalizes the Tichborne case. A novel by this author inspired a novel whose protagonist visits a Tennessee aquarium with his friend Maggot. Each entry in Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet opens with an homage to this author. A novel by this author is referenced in the first line of (*) The Catcher in the Rye and inspired a novel about the Appalachian-born Damon Fields, which won the 2023 Pulitzer for Barbara Kingsolver. (10[1])Peter Carey’s novel Jack Maggs is based on an escaped convict created by this author (10[1])who becomes an orphaned boy’s benefactor. For 10 points, what author created Abel Magwitch in Great Expectations? ■END■