Robyn Rachkowski

I Leave the End To You

The late author, Ms. Steiner, hated to be predictable; her life, work and death were a testament to that. She never married, never bore any children, and never, ever, gave her stories a happy ending. Happiness is predictable, she often said. She had written several famous novels before her untimely death at 72, when the gardener found her body slumped against the lion statue in the courtyard of her estate.