Character number 5

 HG Wells

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography and autobiography. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and has been called the ‘father of science fiction’. (Wikipedia 7 Apr 2023)

Interestingly, HG Wells refers to himself as ‘I’ and ‘me’ in this story. He references his brother, and includes a chunk of story from the brother’s perspective in the original book. In this work, the brother features in the diary of @toniwantstovote, and is referred to as @hgwellsbro