Getting her start in children’s literature with her first intellectual property business, Cake Creative, her expansion into adult fiction is elevating the field while ensuring others rise with ...

Ms. Clayton’s manic creative energy made her well-suited to running a packaging company, said Ms. Charaipotra, who left the company a few years ago to focus on her own work.

Among the books were volumes bound in plastic wrapping — titles containing LGBTQ+ content that the country’s right-wing government has deemed unsuitable for minors younger than 18.