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novelist

[nov-uh-list] / ˈnɒv ə lɪst /


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Doyle said he was proud to be the only novelist on this year's list who does not currently live in London.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

In a 2008 speech at the PEN Literary Gala, the late Nobel Prize-winning Black novelist Toni Morrison anticipated this new-old order in Donald Trump’s America.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

The actor, who is starring in Acorn TV’s new murder mystery dramedy, spoke about how she relates to the character, a novelist, and finding worth beyond age and beauty.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The book beat out a story about a suburban witch by French novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye as well as Brazilian Ana Paula Maia's dystopian read about a brutal prison colony.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

She wanted to be a novelist, so she spent high school working to save enough money for a college with a good creative-writing program.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan




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