He published some of his short fiction in The Overland Monthly and The Atlantic Monthly, including "The Passing of Cockeye Blacklock," and "Comida: An Experience in Famine." His devotion to truthful fiction is expounded in his famous essay "The Responsibilities of a Novelist." His adventure novels include A Man's Woman, which dealt with Arctic exploration, Blix, which was published posthumously, and Moran of the Lady Letty. One of his novels was 
He published some of his short fiction in The Overland Monthly and The Atlantic Monthly, including "The Passing of Cockeye Blacklock," and "Comida: An Experience in Famine." His devotion to truthful fiction is expounded in his famous essay "The Responsibilities of a Novelist." His adventure novels include A Man's Woman, which dealt with Arctic exploration, Blix, which was published posthumously, and Moran of the Lady Letty. One of his novels was made into a film by Erich von Stroheim under the title Greed, and concerns a demented dentist. For 10 points, identify this American naturalist, the author of McTeague and The Epic of the Wheat.
He published some of his short fiction in The Overland Monthly and The Atlantic Monthly, including "The Passing of Cockeye Blacklock," and "Comida: An Experience in Famine."
Frank {Norris}