as in author
a person who creates a written work
a writer who is still trying to get published
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Recent Examples of writer
The pilot comes from writers Dean Georgaris (the 2022 Quantum Leap, The Meg) and John Fox (The Blacklist) and Universal Television.
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Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
Staff writer Jason Green contributed to this report.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan are the writers and creators of the show.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
Associated Press writer Melanie Lidman contributed from Tel Aviv, Israel.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
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Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
Staff writer Jason Green contributed to this report.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan are the writers and creators of the show.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
Associated Press writer Melanie Lidman contributed from Tel Aviv, Israel.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writer
Noun
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My schoolteachers introduced me to a mix of African and Kenyan classics by such authors as Chinua Achebe and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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But over the past few years, Muslim authors have produced bracingly original stories that foreground faith as a cornerstone of identity rather than a stumbling block.—
Hafsa Lodi,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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Published in 2020, Beach Read is a romantic comedy following January Andrews, a successful romance novelist who struggles with grief and writer’s block after her father’s death and the discovery of secrets he’s long kept hidden.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2026
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An English professor at Harvard and the author of two acclaimed novels, The Old Drift (2019) and The Furrows (2022), Serpell combines a professorial breadth of reference and a novelist’s fascination with the mechanics of literature.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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But where there might be a distinction is between the actions of the family and the future of the monarchy, said Jonathan Dimbleby, the King’s biographer and friend.—
Jamie Timson,
TheWeek,
20 Feb. 2026
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David Greenberg, a historian at Rutgers University and a biographer of the civil-rights leader John Lewis, told me that the right could have made a persuasive case against the excessive preoccupation with slavery and racial politics that some on the left have shown.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Bobby Duvall, the greatest storyteller of all time just left us.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
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Newsom’s father’s family was full of more traditional Democrats and Irish Catholic storytellers who worked in banking, homebuilding, law enforcement and law.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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At the start of my thirteenth Minnesota winter, I was invited by Mizna, a local Arab arts organization, to read at Baba’s Hummus House with a couple of other poets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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The new iteration was to have honored Palestinian poet Hiba Abu Nada, who died in an Israeli airstrike in October 2023.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
19 Feb. 2026
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