novelist

[ nov-uh-list ]

/ ˈnɒv ə lɪst /

a person who writes novels.

Origin of novelist

First recorded in 1575–85; novel¹ + -ist

“You have to be slightly innocent to be a novelist,” Martin Amis has observed.

Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness |Ronald K. Fried |December 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Mailer would argue, for example, that timidity does more harm to the novelist than donning a mask of extreme self-confidence.

Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness |Ronald K. Fried |December 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She is a novelist and former journalist who has reported from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Russia.

Drawing on the Memories of Syrian Women |Masha Hamilton |November 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Neither the novelist nor the novel could ever get away with it.

Compliments Are Nice, but Enough With the Cormac McCarthy Comparisons |William Giraldi |October 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

“Novelist and not writer and even less a man of letters,” Georges Simenon said of a title he well deserved.

Nobel Prize Winner Modiano’s Magical Musical Prose About Paris |Pierre Assouline |October 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
After publishing several books on theological and miscellaneous subjects, he distinguished himself as a novelist.

The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 |Various
The stories and legends surrounding the campaigns of these brave men have furnished many themes for the poet and novelist.

The Red Watch |J. A. Currie
It seems very funny now to have to describe my inglorious position, as compared with the novelist's idea of a dash for liberty.

The Boy Spy |Joseph Kerby
When the prince had been a prisoner at Ham, he had sent the novelist his study entitled L'Extinction du pauperisme.

George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings |Rene Doumic
Did any novelist of the seventeenth century lay bare the palpitations of the female heart more delicately than Racine?

Inquiries and Opinions |Brander Matthews

novelist

/ (ˈnɒvəlɪst) /

a writer of novels