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
In conversation, Allen and Lamott spoke fondly of those non-fiction writers whose prose manages to inform and sing at the same time, such as Barbara Tuchman and Paul Theroux.
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Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026
In a way, the bumbling early days of COVID are a good subject for a writer like Andrew Martin, whose characters are often trying to dig themselves out of some small interpersonal humiliation.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
Deborah Laverty is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune; staff writer Alexandra Kukulka contributed to this report.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Tony the Car Guy is an automotive writer, editor and publisher in the San Francisco Bay Area.
—Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
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Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026
In a way, the bumbling early days of COVID are a good subject for a writer like Andrew Martin, whose characters are often trying to dig themselves out of some small interpersonal humiliation.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
Deborah Laverty is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune; staff writer Alexandra Kukulka contributed to this report.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Tony the Car Guy is an automotive writer, editor and publisher in the San Francisco Bay Area.
—Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writer
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The seventh annual San Diego Writers Festival is set to return to the Coronado Public Library and surrounding venues later this month, and three of the many authors participating in the event are La Jollans.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Obvious comparisons will be drawn between Project Hail Mary and other space survival movies like Gravity or The Martian, the latter also based on a sci-fi novel by the same author, Andy Weir.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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Series author and co-creator James Tynion IV is writing the book with horror novelist Kiersten White.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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The famous detective novelist and screenwriter had written an essay for the magazine excoriating the motion-picture industry and its tolerance for—indeed celebration of—mindless mediocrity.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Her biographer, Mark Oppenheimer, is a middle-aged father of five.—
Whitney Friedlander,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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In addition to the monarchy depending on her, so does the Prince of Wales, fellow royal biographer Russell Myers told the outlet.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
10 Mar. 2026
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The collaboration with Flanagan’s Red Room Pictures banner extends the studio’s partnership with one of the most commercially successful genre storytellers.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2026
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Hirokazu Kore-eda is a master storyteller whose work continues to define contemporary world cinema, while Tatsuki Fujimoto has emerged as one of the most impactful mangaka’s of the past decade.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2026
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Khandaqji, born in 1983 in Nablus, is a Palestinian novelist, poet, and journalist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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The weekend festival will feature esteemed authors and cultural luminaries, spanning literary heavyweights, performers, celebrity authors, poets, politicians and journalists.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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