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The publication of “Until August” adds a surprising twist to his legacy, and may stir questions about posthumous releases that contradict a writer’s directives.

The Peruvian author wants to “decolonize” everything — starting with her body and her family. Her latest book, “Undiscovered,” investigates the 19th-century European explorer that shares her last name.

“It doesn’t make me esteem Wharton less. If anything, I take comfort in it, as a novelist.” Her own smash book “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” is out in paperback.

She wrote two books about multiple generations of her forebears, including her mother, Lena Horne.

He made films, video art and photographs, but was best known as a pioneering art critic and mordant novelist.

From downtown New York, the writer both scrutinized and kept ahead of a turbulent world.

In a new collection about New York City, the writer turns his gimlet eye on its icons, its architecture, its hot spots — and its suits. “Clothes matter — especially when you get old,” he says.

In more than a dozen books, he created characters who were obsessed with maps, urban walking, sexual fetishes and Volkswagen Beetles.

As “Carrie” turns 50, George R.R. Martin, Sissy Spacek, Tom Hanks, the Archbishop of Canterbury and others recall the powerful impact the writer’s work has had on their lives.

The third in a series of conversations with authors appearing on our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list.