My first acrostic puzzle

In a crostic puzzle there is a piece of quoted text from a published book. The letters from the quotation make up answers to a series of numbered clues. You begin by answering some of the clues. Usually four or five answers will get you going.

Then you transfer the letters to the diagram. Each letter has a number.

In the diagram each letter has a number, and what clue the letter is from.

As a help (and the reason why the puzzle is called an acrostic, or crostic, or anacrostic) the first letters of the answers spell the name of the author and the title of the book.

I thought I would start with a previously published puzzle:

These are jpg pictures, so you should be able to print them. They should open larger in a new window if you click on them.
Answer at the end of the week.