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The inaugural committee also includes actress and activist Cynthia Nixon, novelists Colson Whitehead and Min Jin Lee, musicians Sonny Rollins and John Turturro, comedian The Kid Mero, and representatives from labor unions and community organizations across the city.
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Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 25 Dec. 2025
The film, about a novelist who is kidnapped by an obsessed fan, stars James Caan and Kathy Bates, who won an Academy Award for her performance.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
Antonia Lloyd-Jones has translated works by several of Poland’s leading contemporary novelists and reportage authors, including Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
The entrepreneur spent his final high school years attending an affluent South African boys school—surrounded by peers who later became politicians and award-winning novelists—while the rest of the country reeled from apartheid.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025
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Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 25 Dec. 2025
The film, about a novelist who is kidnapped by an obsessed fan, stars James Caan and Kathy Bates, who won an Academy Award for her performance.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
Antonia Lloyd-Jones has translated works by several of Poland’s leading contemporary novelists and reportage authors, including Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
The entrepreneur spent his final high school years attending an affluent South African boys school—surrounded by peers who later became politicians and award-winning novelists—while the rest of the country reeled from apartheid.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Novelist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/novelist. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
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novelist
noun
nov·el·ist
ˈnäv-(ə-)ləst 
: a writer of novels
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