novelist

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The British novelist Gwendoline Riley is the kind of young voice that Russell might have appreciated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Recently unearthed writings from the novelist and former fellow of the University of Oxford Dame Iris Murdoch will be among the topics of an upcoming free humanities festival.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Guests in attendance included the actress Sigourney Weaver and the poet and novelist Sir Ben Okri.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 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

This was all distilled for me in a quote I once read from the novelist Saul Bellow.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates