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novelist

[nov-uh-list] / ˈnɒv ə lɪst /


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Arthur Hailey also enjoyed a long and successful career, as a best-selling novelist.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The backstage world of a small regional theater—crowded with ego, activity and illusion—provides rich material for the comic novelist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Rachel Kushner, novelist: I dined at Taix probably once per week for 23 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Winn went on to win a number of accolades for The Salt Path, including a £10,000 prize for a debut novelist or non-fiction writer.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

This was all distilled for me in a quote I once read from the novelist Saul Bellow.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates