novelist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of novelist
Example Sentences
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As the new year begins, novelists send characters to great heights in Tibet and Wyoming, to the great depths of the 19th century Atlantic and back in time, to early 20th century Pakistan.
From Los Angeles Times
A fellow novelist said Trollope had "a gift for putting her finger on the problem of the times".
From BBC
Carol, a successful romantasy novelist whose wife is killed at the start of the groupthink takeover, is among those immune to the “joining” and still capable of thinking for themselves.
Widely considered East Africa’s leading novelist and one of the continent’s most articulate social critics, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o examined the enduring traumatic effects of colonialism on both individuals and the national psyche.
The working life of a novelist is, by nature, a very solitary one; I had never collaborated on a writing project and I didn’t think I wanted to start.
From Los Angeles Times
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