novelist

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Recently unearthed writings from the novelist and former fellow of the University of Oxford Dame Iris Murdoch will be among the topics of an upcoming free humanities festival.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The novelist Christopher Isherwood had a modest inheritance; Gertrude Stein a larger one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Guests in attendance included the actress Sigourney Weaver and the poet and novelist Sir Ben Okri.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

The author is a Los Angeles–based novelist and essayist.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Oft cited on this subject of attention is William James, a philosopher and physician at the end of the nineteenth century, and the brother of novelist Henry James.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel