The Finnish writer Tove Jansson returned from a U.S. trip with a new perspective on home—and an enduring novel.

While many of her contemporaries are playing canasta, she’s releasing her 25th book. There’s no mystery to it, Tyler says: ...

Brave New World’ says it’s about uniting against greater evils—and responds to the recent uproar over Anthony Mackie’s comments about the character.

When Lillian Ross profiled the celebrated novelist, the world saw ridicule and ruin. But letters between the reporter and her ...