From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnovelistnov‧el‧ist /ˈnɒvəlɪst $ ˈnɑː-/ ●●○ noun [countable] BOALsomeone who writes novels → author
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novelist• The novels which followed this decision are the fulfilment of Hardy's career as a novelist.• He was an actor, director, artist, singer, composer and novelist.• Charles Dickens was one of the greatest 19th century novelists.• He's the missing working-class novelist, the link between Lawrence and Sillitoe.• Budding gay novelist Larry Kramer is enjoying success at last.• Jason Purvis, the starving beachcomber and would-be great novelist who at last did achieve a kind of fame.• Japanese novelists deal with the question of old age in a way few other writers can aspire to.• The book quotes from the diaries of novelist Evelyn Waugh.• They are leaving us novelists without any subjects. 