novelist

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He just said, ‘I think you’re a great American novelist.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

“He said, ‘I think you’re a great American novelist.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The novelist Christopher Isherwood had a modest inheritance; Gertrude Stein a larger one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Guests in attendance included the actress Sigourney Weaver and the poet and novelist Sir Ben Okri.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

He thought about a quote from the novelist E. M. Forster: “If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin