Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer.
== Tossup Questions ==
# This author wrote about Violet and Peony Lindsey making a snowman who comes to life as a little girl, while in another story a man painted half red and half black tells Robin to wait at the steps of a church for one hour to see the title character. This author of "The Snow Image" wrote about Bartram discovering the title character has burnt himself in his lime kiln looking for the "unpardonable sin" in "Ethan Brand." This author wrote a story about Aminadab helping Aylmer remove the titular defect from his wife Georgiana, while Reverend Hooper refuses to remove a depressing garment in "The Minister's Black Veil." For 10 points, name this author who wrote "Young Goodman Brown" and The Scarlet Letter.
# This author's short stories include one about doctor who offers water from the Fountain of Youth and another based off John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. This author of "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" and "The Celestial Railroad" also wrote many stories set in Puritan New England, including "Young Goodman Brown." He also wrote a novel featuring such characters as the minister Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, and Hester Prynne. For 10 points, name this American author of The Scarlet Letter.
# This author wrote about a man who moves across the street to observe his wife for twenty years in the story "Wakefield." In another of his stories, Elizabeth fails to persuade Reverend Hooper to remove the title garment. In a novel by this author, Holgrave falls in love with Phoebe Pyncheon after she moves into the title building. In a novel by this author of "The Minister's Black Veil," Roger (*) Chillingworth discovers Dimmesdale's affair with his wife Hester Prynne. For 10 points, name this American author of The Scarlet Letter.
# This author wrote about a lime-burner who seeks the "Unpardonable Sin" in his short story, "Ethan Brand." In another of his stories, Reverend Hooper refuses to remove the title garment for the rest of his life. This author of "The Minister's Black Veil" wrote about a Puritan who sees his wife Faith at a witches' Sabbath in "Young Goodman Brown." In one of his novels, Dimmesdale has an affair with Hester Prynne, who wears a red "A." For 10 points, name this author of The Scarlet Letter.
# One work by this man includes the characters Miriam and Donatello, who resembles the title figure. This author ofThe Marble Faun wrote a story which sees the title man and his wife Faith stumble upon a witches' meeting in the forest, and one in which Georgiana dies after Aylmer removes the title object. In addition to "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Birthmark," this man wrote a novel in which Hester Prynne becomes ostracized after being branded with the title emblem. For 10 points, name this author of The Scarlet Letter.