The narrator of one story by this author observes a "swaggering character" wearing his first pair of blue jeans, who relates the misdeeds of the fictional (*) "Charles."
One character created by this author takes down a bus driver's number and reports him for giving transfers to passengers out of order. Dr. Wright attempts to distinguish Bess, Beth, Betsy, and Elizabeth in this author's story of a museum employee with multiple personalities, The Bird's Nest. The narrator of one story by this author observes a "swaggering character" wearing his first pair of blue jeans, who relates the misdeeds of the fictional (*) "Charles." In addition to writing a story about the Johnsons, who alternate being good and evil, in "One Ordinary Day With Peanuts," this author wrote about Eleanor Vance's suicide in The Haunting of Hill House and about Mr. Summers bringing out a black box in a story that includes Tess Hutchinson selecting a piece of paper with a black spot. For 10 points, name this author who described a New England town stoning a random resident to death annually in "The Lottery."
One character created by this author takes down a bus driver's number and reports him for giving transfers to passengers out of order.
Shirley {Jackson}