novelist

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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 novelist Stephanie Sy-Quia drew upon facts from her grandparents’ own marriage to fashion a story of love between two passionate intellectuals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

As I ring the doorbell of Maggie O'Farrell's Edinburgh home, I wonder with some trepidation whether the acclaimed novelist might have become a bit starry after the whirlwind few months she's just had.

From BBC • May 22, 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

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