novelist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of novelist
Example Sentences
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Rachel Kushner, novelist: I dined at Taix probably once per week for 23 years.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
According to Royal Society of Literature's website, it's "an annual award of £10,000 for a debut novelist or non-fiction writer first published in any form aged 50 or over".
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
The bestselling novelist co-wrote this soapy adaptation of her own book, following a mother fresh out of prison who attempts to reconnect with her young daughter—and starts to fall for the dead father’s best friend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Previous banknotes have pictured other national figures including novelist Charles Dickens, physicist and chemist Michael Faraday, composer Edward Elgar, nurse Florence Nightingale and architect Christopher Wren.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
Oft cited on this subject of attention is William James, a philosopher and physician at the end of the nineteenth century, and the brother of novelist Henry James.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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