Possible Clues:

• Swimmer, Carolyn
• Middle name of Emerson
• Literary crowd member?
• Hard-to-find guy in a red-striped shirt
• US version of a fictional character created by Martin Handford
• Hard-to-see hiker in kids' books
• Hard-to-find character in children's books
• One tending to get lost in the crowd?
• Hard-to-find children's book character
• Character who's striped and spotted?