He wrote a novel whose title character works for the mobster Dutch Schultz.
This author wrote about a man leaving his wife Diana and finding that she has gotten back together with Dirk Richardson in the Hawthorne-inspired short story "Wakefield." The protagonist of a novel by this author is ordered by his mentor to keep tabs on Drew, and ends up falling in love with her. In another of his novels, real-life socialite Evelyn Nesbit helps Tateh support his daughter, Little Girl. He wrote a novel whose title character works for the mobster Dutch Schultz. In his most famous novel, a musician based on Michael Kohlhaas goes on a violent revenge spree after being humiliated by some racist firefighters; that musician is named Coalhouse Walker. For 10 points, name this author of Billy Bathgate and Ragtime.
This author wrote about a man leaving his wife Diana and finding that she has gotten back together with Dirk Richardson in the Hawthorne-inspired short story "Wakefield."
Edgar Lawrence Doctorow