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novelist

[nov-uh-list] / ˈnɒv ə lɪst /


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Ware, a novelist, wrote the book because she and her husband, journalist Tony Cook, “did everything wrong” in downsizing their homes six times in 10 years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Running weekends through Nov. 1, “The Time Machine” is an exploration into the worlds of novelist H.G.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The poles of triumph and despair are the terrain of writers such as Charles Dickens—or, as Sam Sacks notes, the novelist Barbara Kingsolver.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

James Noel, a Haitian poet and novelist who has known Orelien for 20 years, said he spoke with him at the height of the controversy and found him "devastated".

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

If a novelist put some of this stuff into a fictional thriller, the reader would be justified in throwing the book aside and shouting, “Come on, that would never happen!”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Tens of thousands of comments on BookTok, a popular book community on TikTok, attest to the popularity of one of Russia's greatest novelists with the social media generation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

But at our best, we novelists probe deeper truths precisely because the facts cannot always, ever, be totally known.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Every year, thousands of would-be novelists pour their hearts onto the page.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

She explained that the book opened her eyes to the "disguises" many Victorian women novelists were forced to adopt in order to be heard.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

There were bound volumes of the Banker’s Journal and the Stockbroker’s Gazette, and complete sets of the Victorian novelists, never opened.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill




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