Washington Irving
Rip van Winkle was not really a novel - rather it was a short story (which fits with the category where this question was asked). "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving published in 1819.
Shashi Tharoor, an Indian politician, wrote the short story as a teen and it was published in a collection of short stories in 1990.
The name of the hedgehog that Beatrix Potter wrote about is Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. She is a fictional character and appears in the story "The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle".
Tricia Bauer wrote the short story "Orange Horses." Published in 2002, the story follows a woman who forms a connection with a horse while grieving the loss of her daughter.
The short story "Amigo Brothers" was written by Piri Thomas. It was first published in 1978 as part of a collection of short stories.
The person who wrote the short story By the Waters of Babylon is Stephen Vincent Benet. It was first published on July 31, 1937 in the Saturday Evening Post.
"Sunday in the Park" was written by Bel Kaufman. It was first published in 1989.
The author, Maurice Shadbolt (1932-2004), is a New Zealander; he has published a number of short stories, and worked as a film director.
The short story "Future Tense" was written by H.G. Wells, an English writer known for his works in the science fiction genre. It was first published in 1931.
It is a short story by the American author Washington Irving published in 1819, as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, it was part of a collection entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. Although the story is set in New York's Catskill Mountains, Irving later admitted, "When I wrote the story, I had never been on the Catskills."
Thomas Wolfe wrote several very short novels. Two of the earliest were A Portrait of Bascom Hawke published in 1932 and No Door: A Story of Time and the Wanderer published in 1933.
Washington Irving wrote the tale called Rip Van Winkle.