essayist

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The author is a Los Angeles–based novelist and essayist.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Whilst looking for an academic mentor in Oxford, Geisel was paired with the Scottish essayist Alexander Carlisle.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

“Sure you’re romantic about American history,” wrote DeVoto, a historian and essayist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Aisha Sabatini Sloan is an essayist and the author of four books, including “Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit” and “Captioning the Archives,” which she co-authored with her father, photographer Lester Sloan.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

But Wilfrid Sheed, an American novelist and essayist, penned a comment just before the match ended that many would later regard as prescient.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady