In Ian McEwan’s Atonement (2001), aspiring writer 13-year-old Briony Tallis glimpses a world of opaque “adult emotion”. Holding a pen and blank paper before her, she feels a powerful impulse to write ...

In Ian McEwan’s Atonement (2001), aspiring writer ... Later, looking through the door of their darkened library, Briony mistakenly believes she sees Robbie committing a violent assault on her sister.

In Charlotte Wood’s novel “Stone Yard Devotional,” an atheist burrows into herself while staying in a convent, and ...

Gies, now 46, has documented her lifelong quest for body acceptance in the new book “It Must Be Beautiful ... into a new era of self-acceptance. Briony Smith writes about culture, entertainment ...

Hailing from Malvern Hills, Briony was nurtured by parents who were graphic design maestros, operating their own studio from the family home. Her childhood environment played a pivotal role in ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In her novel "Tartufo" (Grand Central Publishing), Kira Jane Buxton (the author of "Hollow Kingdom" and "Feral ...