The correct answer is A. 1 and 2.
Aldous Huxley is the author of Brave New World, a dystopian novel published in 1932. Sherri Browning is the author of An Affair Downstairs, a romantic suspense novel published in 2017. Victor La Valle is not the author of any of the books mentioned.
Brave New World is set in a future society where people are genetically engineered and conditioned to be happy and content. The novel explores themes of social control, individuality, and freedom. An Affair Downstairs is set in the early 1900s and tells the story of a young woman who becomes involved in a dangerous affair with a married man. Darkness at Noon is a novel about a man who is imprisoned and tortured by the Soviet government. The novel explores themes of political repression and the nature of evil.