novelists

Definition of novelistsnext
plural of novelist

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Noun
  • How can storytellers incorporate faith thoughtfully, avoid stereotypes, and reflect the complexity of belief in today’s world?
    Peter White, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026
  • He's got to be one of the most amazing storytellers that way.
    Martha Teichner, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • More than 80 years later, writers, creators, and fabulists in dark corners of the internet are still imagining ways and worlds where Hitler’s genes somehow survived.
    Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Many people do not know when LLMs are lying to them, which is unsurprising given that the chatbots are very convincing fabulists, serving up slop with unflappable confidence to their unsuspecting audience.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Both the original production and a new one, now running at the Cherry Lane Theatre, were directed by Anne Kauffman, known for her work with such playwrights as Amy Herzog and Jordan Harrison.
    Alex Barasch, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Lumet — himself a serious theater creature who shared an ethical bent with the twentieth century’s great American playwrights — specialized in movies about little guys’ going up against the system.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
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