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The Nobel-winning author’s husband was a pedophile who targeted her daughter and other children. Why did she stay silent?

The books offer the promise of an ending where all questions are answered and some sort of justice is done.

Akbar had a raging addiction and little reason to believe his life would turn out well. Now he has a debut novel, “Martyr!,” which makes you want to “get up and yell.”

In the third installment of an essay series on literature and faith, Ayana Mathis explores how writers have grappled with one of theology’s oldest conundrums.

The author of “Icebreaker” and “Wildfire” has her own reasons for avoiding the limelight.

While working on a new novel, “Mister, Mister,” the author Guy Gunaratne examined Britain’s political legacy, and underwent a deeply personal transformation.

A conversation with the biographer Mary Gabriel, whose substantial new book offers a comprehensive and surprising look at the pop star’s life and career.

A new book, “American Gun,” traces the weapon’s evolution into a symbol of America’s political divide.

If you’re Naomi Klein, you write a book about it.

American fiction has always grappled with sin, atonement and mercy. In the second installment of an essay series on literature and faith, Ayana Mathis examines what we can learn from forgiveness.