novelist

[nov-uh-list]

noun

1. a person who writes novels. novel.

novelist

/ ˈnɒvəlɪst /

noun

1. a writer of novels

Word History and Origins

Origin of novelist¹

First recorded in 1575–85; novel ¹ + -ist

Example Sentences

He’s played musicians and writers and when he’s gone behind the camera, he’s focused on the stories of composers, novelists, movie stars and country singers both famous and forgotten.

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Paul Kingsnorth, the British journalist, novelist and sometime radical environmentalist, has recently converted to Orthodox Christianity.

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Miller is an actor, novelist and director whose work includes a 2017 documentary about her father, the playwright Arthur Miller; she is also married to Day-Lewis.

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The celebrated novelist, poet and playwright was excluded from the library's reading room in 1895 over his charge for having had homosexual relationships, which was a criminal offence at the time.

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He's a civil servant turned novelist who "chanced his arm" with one of Hollywood's biggest stars.

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Related Words

• author 
• storyteller 
• writer