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
Letter writer appreciates friends’ support through family’s health struggles but also wants space to breathe.
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Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 May 2026
The benefits of being a polyglot (as a fiction writer).
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Zero 10 will also include public programs featuring leading voices such as artists Josh Kline and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, British author Hari Kunzru, and writer and former Artforum editor-in-chief Tina Rivers Ryan.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
Rising through the ranks to the role of writer, Diaz was later named digital editor of fashion and beauty.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
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Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 May 2026
The benefits of being a polyglot (as a fiction writer).
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Zero 10 will also include public programs featuring leading voices such as artists Josh Kline and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, British author Hari Kunzru, and writer and former Artforum editor-in-chief Tina Rivers Ryan.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
Rising through the ranks to the role of writer, Diaz was later named digital editor of fashion and beauty.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writer
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Rex Reed, the film critic and author whose pithy reviews and provocative Hollywood interviews established him as a bad boy of entertainment journalism, died Tuesday morning, his rep told The Hollywood Reporter.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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China plans to initially divert some four billion cubic meters of water from the Yangtze to the Yellow River annually in the first phase of part of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project—but that’s less water than what’s being captured by the Yangtze, the study authors warn.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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American poet and novelist Charles Bukowski had a wide range of menial jobs before finding success as a writer later in life.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
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Set in a quaint, New England town, the six-part series follows bestselling novelist, Allie (Shields), who forms an unlikely alliance with Andi (Williamson), an aspiring writer and podcaster, to find the killer of a close friend.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
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According to his biographer Walter Isaacson, Musk disabled Starlink access within a hundred kilometers of the coast of Crimea in September 2022 in order to prevent an attack by Ukrainian drone submarines on the Russian Navy.—
Ben Tarnoff,
Big Think,
23 Apr. 2026
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Royal biographer Robert Hardman also sees a bit of Queen Elizabeth II in the young royal, who is the late monarch's great-granddaughter.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
12 Apr. 2026
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But as a storyteller, Barton is primarily interested in how pairs of people navigate the power dynamics between them (think of the personal and professional relationships throughout Barton’s previous series, Giri/Haji and Black Doves), and so his Amadeus reconfigures.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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Industry leaders will discuss stackable incentives, rebates, grants, and financing strategies, alongside resources supporting independent producers and emerging storytellers working in California.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
11 May 2026
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The grant winners are determined annually via a nomination process, with a rotating jury of LGBTQIA+ artists, poets, and musicians meeting three times in the span of several months.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
7 May 2026
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Myles is, of course, a dog poet—even before Rosie (of Afterglow fame) or Honey or, most recently, little Charley.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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