novelists
Writers of books
Novelists are writers who compose novels—book-length works of fiction.
The term emphasizes the craft and profession: She ranks among the great American novelists.
Unlike authors, which applies broadly, novelist specifies the form.
He worked as a journalist before becoming a novelist.
Creators of written works
- writersText composition professionals
- DickensSurname of Victorian novelist
- AustenLiterary family name
- Toni Morrison"Song of Solomon"
Tolstoy · Hemingway · Marquez · Dostoevsky · Woolf · Rushdie · Atwood · Balzac
Recounting events aloud
- proseUnversified language
- narrativeAccount of events
- fictionImagined narrative work
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
drafts · revisions · chapters · dialogue · plot · characterization · point-of-view · voice
Those who act for others
- editorsContent revisers and correctors
- publishersFirms producing printed works
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- submissionsItems offered for consideration
advances · royalties · contracts · debuts · book deals · imprints · galleys · blurbs
Suspense-driven narrative genre
- romanceLove and its excitement
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
historical · literary fiction · horror · detective · crime · dystopian · young adult · contemporary
Formal honors bestowed
- BookerName or prize
- PulitzerMajor journalism award
- NobelSwedish prize surname
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
acclaim · critics · reviews · nominations · shortlisted · celebrated · renowned · influential
authors
Creators of written works
Tolstoy · Hemingway · Toni Morrison · Marquez · Dostoevsky · Woolf · Rushdie · Atwood · Balzac · Cervantes
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
manuscripts · drafts · revisions · chapters · dialogue · plot · characterization · point-of-view · voice · style
agents
Those who act for others
- editorsContent revisers and correctors
- publishersFirms producing printed works
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
submissions · advances · royalties · contracts · debuts · book deals · imprints · galleys · blurbs · launches
thriller
Suspense-driven narrative genre
- romanceLove and its excitement
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
fantasy · historical · literary fiction · horror · detective · crime · dystopian · young adult · contemporary · gothic
awards
Formal honors bestowed
bestseller · acclaim · critics · reviews · nominations · shortlisted · celebrated · renowned · influential · prolific
- Chinese Writerspoets, classical poets, modern writers, essayists, playwrights
- Writing & Filmscreenwriters, scriptwriters, playwrights, literary adaptations, storytelling
- Korean LiteraturePachinko, Korean translations, translated works, literary traditions, literary heritage
- Finnish LiteratureMoomin, poets, playwrights, prose fiction, literary heritage
- Hebrew LiteratureHebrew texts, poets, playwrights, Hebrew language, literary journals
- Hungarian Literaturepoets, writers, authors, playwrights
novelistspoets
Composers of verse
playwrights · essayists · dramatists · screenwriters · lyricists
novelistsjournalists
News gatherers and writers
reporters · technical writers · copywriters · speechwriters · stenographers
novelistsreaders
Those who peruse text
book lovers · bibliophiles · literary critics · audiences · editors
- romance novelistAuthor of love stories
- mystery novelistAuthor of whodunits
- crime novelistAuthor of detective fiction
- popular novelistWidely-read fiction writer
- graphic novelistCreator of illustrated books
- Victorian novelist19th-century British fiction writer