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Recent Examples of fictioneer
The British science-fictioneer has, as a screenwriter and director, staked out a particular genre of galaxy-brain theater.
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James Poniewozik, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
James Poniewozik, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fictioneer
Noun
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Veteran screenwriter and novelist Kazuki Nakashima penned the screenplay, with character designs by Takashi Okazaki and music by Yugo Kanno.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
13 June 2025
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Novels about novelists struggling to write novels have proliferated since the medium’s advent, from Joyce to Miller to Bolaño to Lerner to Chabon to Byatt to Baldwin.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Dante is a masterful storyteller and unflinching in his recollections.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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Comedian, storyteller and public speaker Ali Siddiq is on the way to the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach with his In the Shadows tour stop on Dec. 20.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
Noun
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The Texan outlaw John Wesley Hardin, on the other hand, was no fabulist.—
Paul Begala,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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White worked for the infamous InfoWars media site run by fabulist Alex Jones.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2025
Noun
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This was true for autobiographers and for belletristic authors.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Dec. 2024
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Most Black autobiographers never even planned to publish (or thought about publishing) their books commercially.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The works of African American novelist and essayist John Edgar Wideman were read by WORDTheatre members Gary Dourdan, Chris Chalk and Ronald Guttman at the Players Club.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
18 May 2025
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Lucky for us, the Chicago Humanities Festival has paired her with another fabulous genre-bending essayist — Evanston’s own Eula Biss.—
Jennifer Day,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2025
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“Fictioneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fictioneer. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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