novelist

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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 book beat out a story about a suburban witch by French novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye as well as Brazilian Ana Paula Maia's dystopian read about a brutal prison colony.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Then there’s poet and novelist Ocean Vuong, whose appearance on the show in 2025 was like a supernova.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Isabel Allende, a novelist, always begins writing new books on Jan. 8 to force her brain into creative mode.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

He was arguably more like a novelist than a composer in this respect, people falling for his music as they would a newly discovered secret passion.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall