as in autobiographer
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Recent Examples of memoirist
But on February 27, fans saw a new side of the memoirist and actor.
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Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 28 Feb. 2026
Just as much an investigator as a memoirist, Nevils attempts to tunnel through the lurid details and the #MeToo boilerplate and unearth something much knottier.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
Popular memoirist Terry Martin Hekker died on October 20 at the age of 92.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
Also this week, George McNally, son of legendary restaurateur, memoirist and Instagram raconteur Keith McNally, will open his first restaurant.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025
Sanmao is the pen name for the late Taiwanese memoirist Chen Ping.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2025
Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 28 Feb. 2026
Just as much an investigator as a memoirist, Nevils attempts to tunnel through the lurid details and the #MeToo boilerplate and unearth something much knottier.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
Popular memoirist Terry Martin Hekker died on October 20 at the age of 92.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
Also this week, George McNally, son of legendary restaurateur, memoirist and Instagram raconteur Keith McNally, will open his first restaurant.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025
Sanmao is the pen name for the late Taiwanese memoirist Chen Ping.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memoirist
Noun
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The long poems pose an additional problem for a biographer: in these retrospective works, written in the seventies and eighties, Schuyler became a late-breaking autobiographer.—
Dan Chiasson,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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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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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.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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Countering the narrative presented by Harry in his memoir Spare, royal biographer Robert Lacy wrote that there was more drama behind Markle’s wedding tiara selection than had previously been disclosed.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
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Over the past 24 years, Susan Claassen, who co-wrote the play with Head biographer Paddy Calistro, has performed the show around the country more than 1,500 times.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The collaboration with Flanagan’s Red Room Pictures banner extends the studio’s partnership with one of the most commercially successful genre storytellers.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2026
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Hirokazu Kore-eda is a master storyteller whose work continues to define contemporary world cinema, while Tatsuki Fujimoto has emerged as one of the most impactful mangaka’s of the past decade.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2026
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With No One Gets To Fall Apart, LaBrie’s memoir writing solidifies her as a powerful memorialist.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
18 Oct. 2024
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Alan White and famed rock member memorialist Cynthia Plaster Caster.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
2 Dec. 2022
Noun
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But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2024
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William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.—
Talia Lavin,
The New Republic,
29 Sep. 2020
Noun
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Camonghne Felix, poet and essayist, is the author of Build Yourself a Boat, which was longlisted for the National Book Award in Poetry, shortlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award, and shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Awards.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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Joy Williams is an American novelist, short-story writer and essayist best known for her short fiction.—
Joy Williams,
The Dial,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As an auto-fictionist or a minimalist—whatever.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Memoirist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memoirist. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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