novelist

noun

Definition of novelistnext
as in storyteller

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Recent Examples of novelist How novelist Alexander Chee shaped East of Eden’s Lee for the screen. — Britina Cheng, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026 Seven days later, on June 11th, Hemingway is back at the typewriter, addressing the same correspondent about the same young novelist. — Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026 Among the signatories are artists John Akomfrah and Ben Rivers, art historian William Dalrymple, writer and Joyland magazine editor Stephanie Wambugu, and novelist and critic Kate Zambreno. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 The Irish novelist had pledged to donate royalties from her books to the direct-action protest group, despite the fact that the UK has, controversially, proscribed it as a terrorist organisation. — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for novelist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for novelist
  1. storyteller
  2. fictionist
  3. essayist
  4. memoirist
  5. autobiographer
  6. fabulist
  7. biographer
  8. fictioneer
Noun
  • Still, there were a number of real-life court cases that intrigued him as a storyteller with a journalism background.
    — Tomris Laffly, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Having more female executives at the top gives more opportunity to female storytellers.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of storyteller
Noun
  • As an auto-fictionist or a minimalist—whatever.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
Definition of fictionist
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  • FloridaGeorgiaIllinoisTennesseeTexas 7 of 11 The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to a poet and essayist known for her translations.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Anne Carson, the Canadian poet, essayist, professor of classics and translator, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in literature.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of essayist
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  • Teaming up with the estate of the memoirist and playwright Lillian Hellman, who was the Mayo brothers’ half cousin, the family has continued its support.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Fox, the actress-model-memoirist best known for Uncut Gems, and Shazam, the model-photographer-director, first met at a party as teens and have been bopping around lower Manhattan ever since.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of memoirist
Noun
  • Only the boy’s early obsession with the keyboard—initially discouraged by his parents—pointed to his destiny as a globe-trotting concert pianist, a composer in the major classical genres, and a fluent essayist and autobiographer to boot.
    — Matthew Gurewitsch, Air Mail, 29 Aug. 2026
  • This was true for autobiographers and for belletristic authors.
    — Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of autobiographer
Noun
  • Bragg signed years ago did not invoke Capote’s more complicated legacy as a fabulist who invented scenes and quotes.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Human fabulists aren’t the only ones who sometimes lure tourists to less-than-authentic sites.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of fabulist
Noun
  • Decades later, long after Hemingway’s death, in 1961, Carlos Baker, Hemingway’s biographer, told Conrad about some of the letters deriding him.
    — Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Musk outlined this vision during a conversation with biographer Walter Isaacson on The Builders podcast.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of biographer
Noun
  • The British science-fictioneer has, as a screenwriter and director, staked out a particular genre of galaxy-brain theater.
    — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
Definition of fictioneer

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