Here, in a conversation with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, she sheds light on the perils of becoming a writer, on her family, and on her connection to Ravenna.

Last month, I asked Penzler—a writer, editor, and owner of the legendary Mysterious Bookshop in New York—to shed some light on noir.

The local studio transformed the outbuilding in Moseley to create the home for a writer who wanted a flexible space with plenty of light for living and working.