by Jenny Nitishinskaya and Reuben Aronson

Each of the summaries clues a book whose title is made by combining the titles of two famous books. The summaries also include slight references to each book, as well as an author whose name comes from the first name of the author of the first book combined with the last name of the author of the second book.

In each story, there is a character with two names that fits the description in the question. Take the first name of the character in the first work and the last name of the character in the second work and read the letters from the blanks.

Details:

PRIDE AND PUNISHMENT
(Pride and Prejudice/Crime and Punishment)
Answer: FITZWILLIAM RAZUMIKHIN
(Fitzwilliam Darcy/Dmitri Razumikhin)
Letters: WH

HARRY POTTER AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
(Harry Potter and anything/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Answer: AMBROSIUS WONKA
(Ambrosius Flume/Willy Wonka)
Letters: OW

A TREE GROWS IN A STRANGE LAND
(A Tree Grows in Brooklyn/Stranger in a Strange Land)
Answer: FRANCIE BOARDMAN
(Francie Nolan/Gillian Boardman)
Letters: RO

THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF PI
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz/Life of Pi)
Answer: DOROTHY PATEL
(Dorothy Gale/Pi Patel)
Letters: TE

TUESDAYS WITH THE WIND
(Tuesdays with Morrie/Gone with the Wind)
Answer: MITCH O'HARA
(Mitch Albom/Scarlett O'Hara)
Letters: TH

INTERVIEW WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
(Interview with the Vampire/Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Answer: LESTAT SALANDER
(Lestat de Lioncourt/Lisbeth Salander)
Letters: EN

THE PILLARS OF EDEN
(The Pillars of the Earth/East of Eden)
Answer: TOM HAMILTON
(Tom Builder/Samuel Hamilton)
Letters: OO

A PRAYER FOR CHOCOLATE
(A Prayer for Owen Meany/Like Water for Chocolate)
Answer: JOHN DE LA GARZA
(John Wheelwright/Tita de la Garza)
Letters: ND

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE WESTERN FRONT
(Little House on the Prairie (or any)/All Quiet on the Western Front)
Answer: CHARLES KATCZINSKY
(Charles Ingalls/Stanislaus Katczinsky)
Letters: AY

THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE GIANT PEACH
(The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe/James and the Giant Peach)
Answer: EDMUND TROTTER
(Edmund Pevensie/James Henry Trotter)
Letters: ME

NO COUNTRY FOR ALASKA
(No Country for Old Men/Looking for Alaska)
Answer: ED HALTER
(Ed Tom Bell/Miles Halter)
Letters: ET

THE PICTURE OF TWO CITIES
(The Picture of Dorian Grey/A Tale of Two Cities)
Answer: SIBYL MANETTE
(Sibyl Vane/Lucie Manette)
Letters: ST

A WRINKLE IN THE RYE
(A Wrinkle in Time/The Catcher in the Rye)
Answer: CHARLES CAULFIELD
(Charles Wallace Murry/Phoebe Caulfield)
Letters: HE

THE GRAPES OF THE WILD
(The Grapes of Wrath/Call of the Wild)
Answer: GRAMPA THORNTON
(Grampa Joad/John Thornton)
Letters: MO

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF THRONES
(One Hundred Years of Solitude/A Game of Thrones)
Answer: JOSE BARATHEON
(Jose Arcadio Buendia/Robert Baratheon)
Letters: ON

Put the letters together to get
WHO WROTE THE NOONDAY MEETS THE MOON?

Find the books
THE NOONDAY DEMON by Andrew Solomon
and
WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON by Grace Lin

Following the earlier pattern, and matching the letters, below, yields the answer ANDREW LIN