fictioneer

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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. James Poniewozik, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
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Noun
  • The great Peruvian novelist and classical liberal Mario Vargas Llosa passed away on April 13 in Lima, Peru.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Flender’s father, Harold, was a comedian and novelist whose book Paris Blues was adapted into a film starring Sidney Poitier.
    Bridget Read, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The boy who had once listened to enslaved storytellers had become a virtuoso yarn-spinner.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The two-day event is expected to bring together more than 550 storytellers across seven outdoor stages and 15 indoor venues.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Irishman — long and boring, based on the self-serving memoirs of a fabulist and a creep — was supposed to be the film of the year.
    Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The infamous Long Island fabulist needs revenue from the podcast to pay the $205,000 in forfeiture cash that would be due a month before sentencing, his lawyers wrote in a letter to Federal Court Judge Joanna Seybert.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This was true for autobiographers and for belletristic authors.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Most Black autobiographers never even planned to publish (or thought about publishing) their books commercially.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The publication of the essayist’s private letters undermines a writer famous for her control.
    Lynn Steger Strong, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2025
  • There goes America’s competitive advantage in a warming world, by Robinson Meyer, guest essayist, The New York Times.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Fictioneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fictioneer. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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