
Constance Grady
Senior Correspondent
Latest articles by Constance Grady

From R.U.R. to Mrs. Davis, humans have feared — and identified with — robots for over a century.


The Fraud, a Victorian novel for the post-Trump era, is elegant, flawed, and sharp as a knife.


Patricia C. Wrede just published her first book in a decade. Here’s how she enchanted a generation.


Where does Britney’s marriage and divorce fit in with the pop star’s conservatorship?

The billionaire’s heroic image is built on media praise, breathless fans, and … romance novel tropes.


Large language models are disrupting the publishing industry, from spam submissions to garbage books.


After losing her masters to Scooter Braun, Taylor Swift is in the process of making new ones.


Librarian secrets to getting into books for the very first time.


Did you decapitate your Barbies? Or make them kiss?


The two-time Pulitzer winner is using his Harlem Shuffle trilogy to tell the history of New York.