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In a novel by this author, Talia, a human resources officer for the retro Grand Luna Hotel, lives on Clara and Miriam’s farm in Oklahoma and marries a former fake journalist. In a novel by this author, the former hotel detective Gaspery Roberts from (15[1])the Night City investigates how people at different places and times (15[1])hear a man playing a lullaby on the violin while an airship takes off. This author wrote a novel about Vincent from Caiette’s status as a trophy wife for (*) Jonathan Alkaitis, who runs a Ponzi scheme. An actor faints after reading “the wren goes to’t” from King Lear in a novel by this author of Sea of Tranquility set during a pandemic of the “Georgia flu” endured by Kirsten and Jeevan. For 10 points, name this author of The Glass Hotel and Station Eleven. ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: Emily St. John Mandel
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, American Literature>
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