novelist
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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
The US novelist, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, died in 2016 at the age of 89.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Her sobriquet is a journalistic creation thought to have been inspired by a celebrated 1946 movie, “The Blue Dahlia,” written by crime novelist Raymond Chandler.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
The India-born British-American novelist was raised a secular Muslim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
A month later, Martin called and informed me I was going to be a published novelist.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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
There’s a comic trope beloved by playwrights, novelists and screenwriters about the fighters all suited up for battle, only to discover that their adversary refuses to play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
When not looking backward, or inward to personal traumas, American novelists have turned their gaze to the uncertain future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
No atonement for God, or novelists, even if they are atheists.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
