In 2019, “Disappearing Earth” — Julia Phillips’ haunting, suspenseful debut about two young sisters who get kidnapped on the ...

Instead, he put his dark, fervid imagination to work on an original story, “Pan’s Labyrinth,” a bloody and harrowing fairy tale that incorporates elements from C.S. Lewis’ beloved ...

Your book has been praised for its imaginative and allegorical nature. How did the premise of an adult fairy tale offer you the freedom to construct a rich, dark story? My stories don’t necessarily ...

Most fairy tales were written for adults. When Charles Perrault ... the need to devise a survey that was not-too-dark and not-too-light. Veer too far in one direction and it’s a horror show ...