When news that an all-female reimagining of William Golding’s 1954 novel Lord of the Flies would be made into a film, the vocal masses reacted with incredulity. There are plenty of reasons to ...

A biography of William Golding, whose first novel — “Lord of the Flies” — began as a blessing to its 42-year-old author, but came to seem like a curse overshadowing his other work.

This copy of “Lord of the Flies” was previously owned by a girls’ school teacher, Angharad Ryder, who collected signed first editions of many of her favorite 20th century novelists.

Lois Lowry, award-winning author of “The Giver,” and the latest WSJ Book Club host, chooses William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” for our next read.

I had to do Lord of the Flies at school.” (The cruelty of that “had to”!) The book has had a long half-life in popular culture, too.

William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies, once tried to rape a 15-year-old girl, according to unpublished memoirs offering an insight into what he called his "monstrous" character.

An all-girl adaptation of"Lord of the Flies" is in the works, and many think the writers completely missed the point of the book.

Can BBC’s Lord of the Flies recapture the book’s dark magic? Can a 4-episode series live up to the haunting legacy of Golding’s classic tale?