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novelist

[nov-uh-list] / ˈnɒv ə lɪst /


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Among novelist Mona Awad’s prized possessions is a handmade rabbit brooch with delicate hanging daggers.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

In 2010, Berry was awarded the National Humanities Medal by then-President Obama for his achievements as a poet, novelist, farmer and conservationist.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

“As a novelist, it stayed with me,” Boyagoda said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

The day my classes were deleted in 2021, I did an emergency phone shrink session where my therapist reminded me that with stints as a poet, novelist and journalist, I was well-versed at reinvention.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

She kept her favorite cards, including a note from historical novelist Herman Wouk.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Tens of thousands of comments on BookTok, a popular book community on TikTok, attest to the popularity of one of Russia's greatest novelists with the social media generation.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

When the second-largest U.S. bank discloses its quarterly financial results, analysts have to decipher the lexicon of CEO Brian Moynihan, riddled with obscure, archaic words fit for novelists or judges of bygone centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

When not looking backward, or inward to personal traumas, American novelists have turned their gaze to the uncertain future.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

She explained that the book opened her eyes to the "disguises" many Victorian women novelists were forced to adopt in order to be heard.

From BBC May 29, 2026

The group consists of six novelists and poets, four painters, five cameramen, two broadcasting technicians, fourteen Catholic priests, twelve Protestant ministers, five filmmakers, and more than one hundred journalists.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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