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The Girls creator has endured brickbats and breakdowns - but she doesn't always make it easy to feel sorry for her ...

The Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton author branches out with the tale of a Massachusetts teacher haunted by trauma ...

So near and yet ...

Leaders have thrown up walls and barriers throughout history - but their effects are unpredictable ...

The reaction among officials in Germany to his bestselling novel has been hostile. As Mayfly Season is published in the UK, its author explains why ...

She coined the term 'intersectionality' and helped to develop critical race theory, now her life's work is under attack by Washington's war on 'woke'. As her memoir is published, the legal scholar explains why she'll never stop speaking truth to ...

The Tale of Kaho, out in July, will be 16th novel by Japanese author who has faced criticism for portrayal of women ...

An imposter monkey, an underworld princess, art's female trailblazers, and YA tales of fear, family and friendship ...

The author on feeling Thomas Hardy's pain, being duped by Donna Tartt and how reading his sister's copy of Trainspotting made him want to write ...