novelist
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What the novelist is getting at here resonates far beyond a single celebrity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
After graduation, Scott moved to New York to become a novelist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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
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
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
Some novelists have so many stories to tell they don’t know which one to set down first.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
That, at least, has been the contention of most philosophers, theologians, novelists and nearly every person counted as wise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
This bold debut earned “Jackson Alone” wide praise and Japan’s Bungei Prize, awarded to first-time novelists, and makes Ando, now in his early 30s, a writer to watch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
Was this what the novelists meant by ennui?
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
