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Antonia Lloyd-Jones has translated works by several of Poland’s leading contemporary novelists and reportage authors, including Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk.
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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
The novelist and her sister, Cassandra Austen, lived on the first floor of the building for eight weeks while Jane sought treatment for a nearly yearlong, unidentified illness.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
Haddad’s script, exploring the New York literary scene through the eyes of a struggling writer being pressured to have a baby by her successful novelist husband, got far and away the most mentions of any script this year with 48.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2025
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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
The novelist and her sister, Cassandra Austen, lived on the first floor of the building for eight weeks while Jane sought treatment for a nearly yearlong, unidentified illness.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
Haddad’s script, exploring the New York literary scene through the eyes of a struggling writer being pressured to have a baby by her successful novelist husband, got far and away the most mentions of any script this year with 48.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Novelist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/novelist. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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novelist
noun
nov·el·ist
ˈnäv-(ə-)ləst 
: a writer of novels
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