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A new biography by Charles J. Shields delves into the playwright’s politics.

Michael Dirda reports on this year's Baker Street Irregulars banquet in NY

Renée Branum's debut follows twins who believe they are cursed.

The Chilean author's latest novel "Violeta" tells the tale of a 100-year-old woman who lived between two pandemics

Vauhini Vara began writing her debut novel, “The Immortal King Rao,” in 2009, sold it to a publisher just before the pandemic hit in March 2020, and will see it published in hardcover by W.W. Norton & Company on May 3.

Renée Branum's debut follows twins who believe they are cursed.

The Mountain Goats singer-songwriter John Darnielle releases dark new novel "Devil House," and Danya Kukafka returns with a haunting thriller.

Danya Kukafka's poetic and mesmerizing second novel "Notes on an Execution" is a different kind of serial killer story, and a necessary one.