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nov·el·ist (näv′ə list)

noun

a person who writes novels

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novelist Synonyms

novelist

n.

fiction writer, prose writer, fictionist, story-teller, narrative writer, writer of novels; see also author 2, writer.


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novelist Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • century: Born in 1901 in Aberdeenshire he is one of the finest Scottish novelists of the twentieth century.

Converse of subject

  • write: It is difficult to think of a great novella which has not been written by a great novelist.

Converse of object

  • bestsel: She is a historian and archeologist by profession, and is now a bestselling novelist.

Adjective modifier

  • best-selling: That my nephew was Mark Bradshaw, best-selling novelist?

Noun used with modifier

  • selling: You will also have the chance to meet best selling novelist Adele Parks, who will be joining us on the day.
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novelist quotes

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they werethe onlyone alive, and quite a number fondly believe that their wish has been granted.

-Auden,W(ystan) H(ugh)

Jane Austen is the only novelist I know whose peculiar genius lies in taking perfectly ordinary people through ordinary situations, and transmogrifying them into fascinating fiction.

-Banks, Lynne Reid

Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.

-Bennett, (Enoch) Arnold

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