How to Use novelist in a Sentence

novelist

noun

• 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
• The book contains all the portents of the novelist readers would come to know.
  — Lynn Steger Strong, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2022
• Knives Out follows the death of the crime novelist, Harlan Thrombey.
  — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 10 Mar. 2023
• The novelist lives and writes on her ranch near Sulphur Springs, Texas.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
• The novelist comes at this group from an oblique angle.
  — Stuart Miller, Orange County Register, 11 Sep. 2024
• Her friend Kathy Lette, an Australian novelist, said the cause was leukemia.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2022
• On a small scale, Crane the graphic novelist, may have to delay his book tour.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2022
• This fact wasn’t lost on the freelance writer and novelist.
  — Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
• As the novelist Richard Powers said, the best arguments in the world won’t change a single point of view.
  — Mike Pride, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
• In the 10-part series, Coel will star as a British novelist named Henri.
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 19 Aug. 2024
• The British spy novelist—and former spy—John le Carré died on this day four years ago.
  — Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
• Such is the case with the acclaimed poet and novelist John Kenney.
  — John Baldoni, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
• His wife, the poet and novelist Helen Klein Ross, said the cause was lymphoma.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 19 May 2022
• Tóibín, though best known as a novelist, got his start with writing poetry at the age of twelve.
  — Jazz Boothby, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2022
• But Adler was also a poet and a novelist, and Karl Gustav Specht was not.
  — Cynthia Ozick, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022
• The show is based on a book trilogy by the Chinese novelist Liu Cixin.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
• The novelist rings at the door and spirits you off; the essayist invites herself in.
  — Stacy Schiff, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022
• Among the fascinated readers is Sarah, the young fiancée of the novelist William Ainsworth.
  — Lynn Steger Strong, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2023
• Coel will star as British novelist Henri, who is stuck.
  — Peter White, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2024
• The poet and novelist Ben Lerner’s treatment of the sport in this moody bildungsroman is a must-hit.
  — Bo Seo, The Atlantic, 1 June 2022
• 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
• Denis co-wrote the film with the French novelist Christine Angot.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022
• Roth had friends who were loyal to the end — Zweig, the novelist Soma Morgenstern.
  — Casey Schwartz, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Here’s some good news: Your experts don’t have to become novelists or bloggers.
  — Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
• Each year, Austenites flock to locations all across southwest England, where the novelist spent most of her life.
  — Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 17 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 16 Feb 2025