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Recent Examples of novelist
But Anderson’s One Battle, an adaptation of the always politically minded novelist Thomas Pynchon, has a certain extra resonance in 2026 because of the surprise strike from the White House on Venezuela and because of its casting of an unlikely player in 21st century foreign policy: Sean Penn.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
The novelist Stefan Merrill Block turns to memoir in this account of the five years he was left largely to his own devices while in home school.
—Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2026
Fallon went on to become a producer, only to become a full-time novelist in 2008.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 30 Dec. 2025
Advertisement Colson Whitehead, one of America’s most celebrated novelists, concludes his Harlem-set trilogy with protagonist Ray Carney and his family facing down fresh threats in a New York City transfigured by the whiplash of Ronald Reagan’s conservatism.
—Hamilton Cain, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
The novelist Stefan Merrill Block turns to memoir in this account of the five years he was left largely to his own devices while in home school.
—Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2026
Fallon went on to become a producer, only to become a full-time novelist in 2008.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 30 Dec. 2025
Advertisement Colson Whitehead, one of America’s most celebrated novelists, concludes his Harlem-set trilogy with protagonist Ray Carney and his family facing down fresh threats in a New York City transfigured by the whiplash of Ronald Reagan’s conservatism.
—Hamilton Cain, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for novelist
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Celebrate fresh voices and first-time storytellers making their mark by choosing a debut novel.—
Ashlee Conour,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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New York storyteller Laura Sims leads workshops and performs stories on Saturday and Sunday during the Atlanta Jewish Storytelling Festival at The Breman.—
Mary Caldwell,
AJC.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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May Teng is an Indonesian-American writer and essayist based in Brooklyn.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Meg Bernhard is a journalist and essayist based in Las Vegas.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
7 Jan. 2026
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Popular memoirist Terry Martin Hekker died on October 20 at the age of 92.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Jan. 2026
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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
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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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Her story remains fractured—saint, prophet, brand, fabulist—but her status as one of modernism’s most disruptive figures is secure.—
Alice Gregory,
New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2025
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The multimillionaire financier, who died in federal custody in 2019, was also a fabulist and serial illusionist.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
15 Nov. 2025
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This week, royal biographer Robert Jobson told PEOPLE that the former Duke of York’s exile could take him to the Middle East.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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Royal biographer Robert Jobson talked to People about how Charles’ recent meeting with the King of Bahrain could spark a potential move for Andrew to that country.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
7 Jan. 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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Paul Mescal, 29, stars as the popular playwright and poet.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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Adapted by playwright David Farr from spy master John le Carré's 1993 novel of the same name, the April 2016 AMC series earned the Marvel Cinematic Universe star a Golden Globe for best actor in a limited series, and fueled discussion around Hiddleston as a potential James Bond.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Novelist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novelist. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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