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In an interview with Runner’s World, Styles discussed marathon running with legendary Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, as well as Kiss All the Time and the impact Berlin night clubs had on his music.
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Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
So, by the way, does the fact that Ida doesn’t seem aware that the novelist has possessed her at all.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
Writers who’ve used their own diary and/or mom’s diary include English novelist Will Self, whose 2024 novel Elaine is based on the diary of his late mother.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
As Repetition opens, the first-person narrator, a novelist in her 60s, sits next to an unhappy teenager and her parents at the symphony one night.
—Honor Jones, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
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Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
So, by the way, does the fact that Ida doesn’t seem aware that the novelist has possessed her at all.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
Writers who’ve used their own diary and/or mom’s diary include English novelist Will Self, whose 2024 novel Elaine is based on the diary of his late mother.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
As Repetition opens, the first-person narrator, a novelist in her 60s, sits next to an unhappy teenager and her parents at the symphony one night.
—Honor Jones, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Novelist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/novelist. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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novelist
noun
nov·el·ist
ˈnäv-(ə-)ləst 
: a writer of novels
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