novelist

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The British novelist Gwendoline Riley is the kind of young voice that Russell might have appreciated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“He said, ‘I think you’re a great American novelist.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Oseman’s shift from novelist to TV writer — and now screenwriter — came with a steep learning curve.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Recently unearthed writings from the novelist and former fellow of the University of Oxford Dame Iris Murdoch will be among the topics of an upcoming free humanities festival.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Goebbels himself—a failed novelist and playwright earlier in life—had taken to reviewing the scripts of nearly all films personally, using a green pencil to strike out or rewrite offending lines or scenes.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown