Examples of novelist in a Sentence
Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
The journalist, novelist, screenwriter and nonfiction author had sold the television and screen rights to his book, so when Miami New Drama’s co-founder and artistic director Michel Hausmann approached Griffin about writing a play based on it, the author initially said no.
—Christine Dolen, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
By fall 2020, when Palmer received the message, Randall was a Nashville institution, not only the first Black woman to write a chart-topping country hit but also a novelist whose books undermined entrenched racial hierarchies.
—Grayson Haver Currin, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
The border, infamously articulated in 1945 by novelist Hugh MacLennan, between the country’s English- and French-speaking populations crosses through culture, religion, food, law, politics, and, of course, graphic design.
—Hazlitt, 27 Mar. 2024
The novelist was among the many fans who celebrated the actor's joint St. Patrick’s Day selfie by sharing it on her Instagram story.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
The show is based on a book trilogy by the Chinese novelist Liu Cixin.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
For Eco—a philosopher, semiotician, and novelist, whose own work teems with lists—the list is the creator, curator, and arbiter of culture, and by extension, civilization.
—Kanya Kanchana, Longreads, 21 Mar. 2024
Standing at the corner of Washington and Gough Streets, across from Lafayette Park and next door to the Spreckels Mansion, aka romance novelist Danielle Steel’s longtime home, the striking pink Beaux Arts tower at 2006 Washington Street is among the finest apartment houses in San Francisco.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2024
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1728, in the meaning defined above
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“Novelist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/novelist. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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