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novelist

[nov-uh-list] / ˈnɒv ə lɪst /


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The day my classes were deleted in 2021, I did an emergency phone shrink session where my therapist reminded me that with stints as a poet, novelist and journalist, I was well-versed at reinvention.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

The year before they had published “I Who Have Never Known Men” by Jacqueline Harpman, a Belgian novelist who died 20 years before — hardly a guaranteed success.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Winn had repeatedly claimed The Salt Path was the first book she had written, and which she won a number of accolades for, including a £10,000 prize for a debut novelist or non-fiction writer.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

He was a brilliant, compelling and tricky fellow, a novelist and political philosopher who disentangled himself from early communism and became culture minister to Charles de Gaulle in the 1960s.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

In New York, he had joined several socialist groups, edited newspapers, recruited students, and befriended the novelist and social activist Theodore Dreiser.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 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

Most recently, Communion was included on the Observer's best debut novelists of 2026 - a list which previously picked out bestsellers including Rooney's Conversation with Friends and The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton.

From BBC May 31, 2026

It’s quickly becoming apparent that Luiselli is one of the country’s most gifted novelists.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

Russia was known for its stormy classical music, its tormented poets, its mournful novelists and bittersweet playwrights.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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