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    Ursula K. Le Guin, Whose Novels Plucked Truth From High Fantasy, Dies At 88

    The author, best known for works such as the Earthsea series and The Left Hand of Darkness, used her fantastic realms to grapple with difficult themes. She leaves a legacy as a literary trailblazer.
    by Colin Dwyer Jan 23, 2018 2 minutes
    Ursula K. Le Guin speaks at the 2014 National Book Awards, where she was presented with lifetime achievement honors.

    Updated at 7:25 p.m. ET

    Ursula K. Le Guin, a prolific novelist best known for the Earthsea series and The Left Hand of Darkness, died Monday at the age of 88. Across more than 20 novels and scores of short stories, Le Guin crafted fantastic worlds to grapple with profoundly difficult questions here on Earth, from class divisions to feminist theory.

    Her son, Theo Downes-Le

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