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A former covert operative, he published his resignation letter in The Washington Post and went on to write “In Search of Enemies,” a book the agency sought to suppress.

A self-described “paintoonist,” Mr. Moriarty created cartoons with spare dialogue that reminded his admirers of poetry or Samuel Beckett’s plays.

His best-selling book celebrated the servicemen in the stirring photograph of the U.S. flag-raising on Iwo Jima. One, it was long believed, was his father.

Ghosts in stories for children are a blank canvas. You can show your audience a ghost and, if you play it right, almost just leave it at that.

The author of books like “The Possible Human,” she held workshops that drew on mythology, psychology and the experiential ethos of Esalen. But she refused to be called a guru.

She wrote some 450 books, including novels, poetry and nonfiction in many genres. One critic called her “a modern equivalent to Aesop.”

After nearly nine years of practice, he made John Milton’s epic poem vividly dramatic for audiences and inspired a study of his “memory virtuosity.”

Joana Avillez took six years to illustrate a new edition of Joseph Mitchell’s “The Bottom of the Harbor,” which captures the salty New York neighborhood of her youth.

At 50, on a lark, she published a romance novel with her husband, Michael Fain. Like their characters, they found their lives transformed by unexpected success.

On her new album, “Norteña,” the singer embraces regional traditions and unlocks her most personal songwriting yet.