For 10 points, name this American author of The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, which contains "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
This author wrote about his time with Mateo Ximenes in Tales of The Alhambra, and his pseudonym purportedly found some of his stories in the papers of Diedrich Knickerbocker. In one short story by this man, the protagonist sleeps in the Catskills for 20 years while in another, Brom Bones scares away Ichabod Crane. For 10 points, name this American author of The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, which contains "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
This author wrote about his time with Mateo Ximenes in Tales of The Alhambra, and his pseudonym purportedly found some of his stories in the papers of Diedrich Knickerbocker.
Washington {Irving}