In my new novel, 'The Story She Left Behind,' inspired by the unsolved mystery, I pay homage to Barbara's memory. I think she ...

Collier contemplates the fate of left-behind places, blaming centralized decision-making and blind faith in the market for failing to stem persistent decline.

She was writing at 5 years old, wrote a novel at 8, and published “The House Without Windows,” a hugely successful children’s ...