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So said American novelist Wallace Stegner in the 1980s, and guess what – the country’s people still seem to agree.
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
Fortunately, the New York State Writers Institute at the University at Albany has been methodically recording thousands of writers’ events since 1983, when it was founded by the novelist William Kennedy.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
The post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama reunites Gilligan with Rhea Seehorn and centers on novelist Carol Sturka, who finds herself alone after an alien virus transforms humanity into a peaceful hive mind determined to assimilate the remaining few who are immune.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
The film is based on a story that Shyamalan and novelist Nicholas Sparks conceived together.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
Fortunately, the New York State Writers Institute at the University at Albany has been methodically recording thousands of writers’ events since 1983, when it was founded by the novelist William Kennedy.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
The post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama reunites Gilligan with Rhea Seehorn and centers on novelist Carol Sturka, who finds herself alone after an alien virus transforms humanity into a peaceful hive mind determined to assimilate the remaining few who are immune.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
The film is based on a story that Shyamalan and novelist Nicholas Sparks conceived together.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Novelist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/novelist. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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novelist
noun
nov·el·ist
ˈnäv-(ə-)ləst 
: a writer of novels
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