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Recent Examples of novelist
For a run as Hamlet in 1899, Bernhardt used a genuine human skull gifted to her by the novelist Victor Hugo.
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Betsy Golden Kellem, JSTOR Daily, 18 Mar. 2026
Hanns Zischler stars as Mann and Sandra Hüller as the great novelist’s daughter, Erika Mann, along with supporting parts for August Diehl (Inglourious Basterds) and Pawlikowski’s regular muse Joanna Kulig.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
The famous detective novelist and screenwriter had written an essay for the magazine excoriating the motion-picture industry and its tolerance for—indeed celebration of—mindless mediocrity.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
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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Betsy Golden Kellem, JSTOR Daily, 18 Mar. 2026
Hanns Zischler stars as Mann and Sandra Hüller as the great novelist’s daughter, Erika Mann, along with supporting parts for August Diehl (Inglourious Basterds) and Pawlikowski’s regular muse Joanna Kulig.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
The famous detective novelist and screenwriter had written an essay for the magazine excoriating the motion-picture industry and its tolerance for—indeed celebration of—mindless mediocrity.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for novelist
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The End features performances from Shane Gillis, Nate Bargatze, Tom Segura, Tony Hinchcliffe, and many more of comedy’s top storytellers, who share their wildest, most unfiltered true stories in front of a live audience.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
23 Mar. 2026
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As one of the most powerful and respected executives in the global entertainment industry, Langley will receive the Trailblazer Award for her continued commitment to amplifying a diverse array of stories and storytellers.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2026
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As an auto-fictionist or a minimalist—whatever.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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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
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The celebrated poet and memoirist, delves into the agonies of her decision and describes the emerging women’s liberation movement, of which Moore would soon become a participant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Mar. 2026
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For decades, Iranian novelist and memoirist Shahrnush Parsipur wrote under the threat of her country’s oppressive laws.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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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
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For Smith, in his hopes and oversights, was a fabulist as much as a scientist, a man doing theology as surely as economics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Rather than go full creator in his commutation push, the fabulist opted for a less viral form of media: newspaper op-eds, placing them in The South Shore Press, a Long Island rag.—
Andrew Zucker,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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Thus begins the whirlwind 500-plus-page biography of the late country singer by Jimmy McDonough, the longtime music biographer best known for his books on Neil Young and Tammy Wynette.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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Historians, including biographer Miriam Pawel, have documented allegations that some encounters involved intimidation and violence.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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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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“Novelist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novelist. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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