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And oh, the pressure-cooker atmosphere of the boarding school is irresistible for novelists!
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Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
That’s why McConigley, a novelist who teaches at Colorado State University, jumped at the chance to adapt her short story collections and autobiographical writings for the theater.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
Numerous major literary scholars and critics have written about the book, and several novelists have composed entire works in response to it.
—Amir Ahmadi Arian, The Dial, 15 Jan. 2026
Kim Go-eun (The Price of Confession) returns as Yumi, an office worker turned novelist looking for love.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
That’s why McConigley, a novelist who teaches at Colorado State University, jumped at the chance to adapt her short story collections and autobiographical writings for the theater.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
Numerous major literary scholars and critics have written about the book, and several novelists have composed entire works in response to it.
—Amir Ahmadi Arian, The Dial, 15 Jan. 2026
Kim Go-eun (The Price of Confession) returns as Yumi, an office worker turned novelist looking for love.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Novelist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/novelist. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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novelist
noun
nov·el·ist
ˈnäv-(ə-)ləst 
: a writer of novels
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