novelist

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The backstage world of a small regional theater—crowded with ego, activity and illusion—provides rich material for the comic novelist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Winn went on to win a number of accolades for The Salt Path, including a £10,000 prize for a debut novelist or non-fiction writer.

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

She wanted to be a novelist, so she spent high school working to save enough money for a college with a good creative-writing program.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan