How to Use novelist in a Sentence

novelist

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  • This doubt—about the role of the novelist—is as much the center of Smith’s book as the trial.
    — Lynn Steger Strong, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2023
  • When the past revolves around a gaping wound, a novelist must give shape to the void.
    — Ruth Margalit, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Cook went on to become a teacher and a novelist, and died last year at the age of 95.
    — Rebecca Dube, NBC News, 12 July 2023
  • Closer to home, at least for Eliza, the frauds are novelists.
    — Lynn Steger Strong, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Knives Out follows the death of the crime novelist, Harlan Thrombey.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 10 Mar. 2023
  • This fact wasn’t lost on the freelance writer and novelist.
    — Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The show is based on a book trilogy by the Chinese novelist Liu Cixin.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Among the fascinated readers is Sarah, the young fiancée of the novelist William Ainsworth.
    — Lynn Steger Strong, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2023
  • That is the usual job of mothers, and also of novelists—to describe us and so encase us.
    — Nicholas Dames, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024
  • Her book features the story of the late novelist Toni Morrison.
    — Matt Button, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The novelist returned to Tokyo and, along with his wife, approved the operation.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Saddam himself was a hit man in his 20s and a prolific novelist in his 60s.
    — Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Kael, who died in 2001, was not just a critic but also an essayist and novelist.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The novelist appeared to be in distress, the eyewitness noted.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The novelist Ben Okri followed him into the hallway and reassured him.
    — Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Len Deighton was born in 1929 in London, two years before John le Carré, the novelist to whom he is often compared.
    — Malcolm Gladwell, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Crime novelist Don Winslow is the best-selling author of the Cartel trilogy and Savages.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The series will follow how the novelist became a pedicurist in one of the largest residential areas of Berlin.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 June 2024
  • The young screenwriter wanted very much to impress the older novelist.
    — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Confidential novelist James Ellroy, the movie attempts to capture the tensions of the city at its breaking point.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The guest services agent from Tennessee won on a question about novelist John Grisham.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
  • In it, Smith inserts a small photo of the novelist into the upper-left-hand corner of a scene of thunderheads over the Manhattan skyline.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • Vallejo, who is also a novelist and whose book includes passages of memoir and reflection, is torn about the gifts and costs of parchment.
    — Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • In the meantime, Hoffs is super-excited to talk about her new album and life as an official first-time novelist.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Richardson demonstrates that James and his brother, novelist Henry James, were greatly affected by the death of their sparkling 24-year-old cousin.
    — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2023
  • No other work was deemed worthy of a silver or bronze, including one by the Italian poet and novelist Gabriele d’Annunzio.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • Amis was often cited among the greatest British authors of the 20th century, and rose to stardom as one of the most celebrated novelists of his time.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 21 May 2023
  • The cause of death is undetermined, according to his close friend, novelist Akhil Sharma.
    — Boris Kachka, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • And especially to Tracy Clark, a talented novelist who has helped to correct my faulty thinking and grammar for many years.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2024
  • There are lovely, moody shots of Chatwin the novelist, travel writer and adventurer, wandering through Haiti, posing with a python — and a priestess — at her shrine in Benin, and shot against the backdrop of a mountain range in Namibia.
    — Samantha Conti, WWD, 28 June 2024

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