novelist

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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

The romance novelist Carley Fortune went from being unhappy at her 9-to-5 job to selling millions of books.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Oft cited on this subject of attention is William James, a philosopher and physician at the end of the nineteenth century, and the brother of novelist Henry James.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel