novelist

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The young novelist “loves all things horror and is passionate about writing stories focused on feminine rage,” according to her Goodreads bio.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

According to Royal Society of Literature's website, it's "an annual award of £10,000 for a debut novelist or non-fiction writer first published in any form aged 50 or over".

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

I reached out to best-selling memoirist and novelist Dani Shapiro to ask if she had her own experience with the book.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

I explained that it was entirely my fault the rehearsals fell apart, because halfway through I had decided to become a novelist.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan