For 10 points, name this Louisianan author of The Awakening.
In one story by this author, which starts by describing still leaves, Calixta chooses to marry the wealthy Bobinot before a passionate encounter with Alcée; in another, the Valmondes' adopted daughter is evicted from L'Abri by Armand Aubigny after she gives birth to a biracial child. In a novel by this author of "The Storm" and "Desiree's Baby," two twins in blue and a lady in black vacation on the Grand Isle with Madame Ratignolle and the protagonist. In that novel, after abortive affairs with Alcée Arobin and Robert Lebrun, Edna Pontellier thinks of her childhood and drowns herself. For 10 points, name this Louisianan author of The Awakening.
In one story by this author, which starts by describing still leaves, Calixta chooses to marry the wealthy Bobinot before a passionate encounter with Alcée; in another, the Valmondes' adopted daughter is evicted from L'Abri by Armand Aubigny after she gives birth to a biracial child.
Kate Chopin [or Katherine O'Flaherty]