The novelist on her unclassifiable new work, “The Möbius Book”; the limits of autobiography; and the appeal of multiplicity.

Queer’ is a word often used to describe Edward Gorey’s mysterious, spooky art. So why is it so hard to acknowledge the artist behind them was queer as well?

In picture books, the art is only half the story -- but what a half! Eye-catching illustrations draw young readers in and lead them through the storytelling to encounter characters loaded with ...