novelist

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Recent Examples of novelist Over the course of his more than 20-year career, Hawley’s work as a novelist, screenwriter, series creator, showrunner and director has garnered acclaim – winning an Emmy, Writers Guild, PEN, Critics’ Choice, and Peabody Awards – and passionate response from audiences. Katcy Stephan, Variety, 8 May 2025 The novelist, screenwriter and series creator is set to debut in summer 2025 Alien: Earth, a prequel for FX to the 1979 film by director Ridley Scott, with Hawley showrunning the sci-fi horror series set to bow on Hulu. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025 While the novelists at the book’s center are some of Williams' most beloved characters, readers also love Audre, Eva’s precocious tween daughter who serves as the unofficial therapist for students at her elite middle school. Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 6 May 2025 Before that, it was owned by the late mystery novelist Sue Grafton and her husband Steve Humphrey. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for novelist
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Noun
  • The best storytellers will use this technology to go faster but never shallower.
    Yael Klass, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Artists, the natural storytellers of our culture, couldn’t get platforms to share their vision.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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 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
  • Now, a new update has been given about Rodgers and his current situation by his biographer.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
  • Buy Now 13 of 15 ‘Mark Twain’ by Ron Chernow The Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer returns with a compelling account of author Mark Twain, tracing his life from his Southern childhood to his acclaimed literary career.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • The film marks the debut feature for playwright and director Jordan Tannahill.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 17 May 2025
  • Additionally, the Variety and Golden Globes Creative Impact Icon Film Award will be presented to actor and playwright Jeremy O. Harris.
    William Earl, Variety, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • With No One Gets To Fall Apart, LaBrie’s memoir writing solidifies her as a powerful memorialist.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Alan White and famed rock member memorialist Cynthia Plaster Caster.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2022
Noun
  • Don’t underestimate what an intrepid dramatist can do with Shakespeare’s inexhaustible masterpiece.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
  • White is simply too gifted a dramatist, and too acute an observer of human foibles, for these concerns to feel forced.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025

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