novelist

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The book beat out a story about a suburban witch by French novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye as well as Brazilian Ana Paula Maia's dystopian read about a brutal prison colony.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Isabel Allende, a novelist, always begins writing new books on Jan. 8 to force her brain into creative mode.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

It’s Ann Patchett—whom a Slack channel full of conference organizers are looking for, because as it turns out, the novelist loves her privacy so much, she doesn’t own a cellphone.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

Silverberg, the facilitator of Becky’s Book Club, is also a novelist and comedian and has worked for Literary Affairs for five years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Emma was thrilled by the presence of one of the guests—the novelist known as George Eliot, author of one of Emma’s favorite books, Middlemarch.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman