as in novelist
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Recent Examples of fictioneer
The British science-fictioneer has, as a screenwriter and director, staked out a particular genre of galaxy-brain theater.
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James Poniewozik, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
James Poniewozik, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fictioneer
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Hadi Matar was found guilty on Friday of attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie in an onstage stabbing attack at a New York arts institute in 2022.—
Aleksandra H. Michalska and Jonathan Allen,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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The attack left the 77-year-old prize-winning novelist blind in one eye.—
Carolyn Thompson,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Instead, Larson will win it behind the strength of Hendrick Motorsports, the New York Yankees of NASCAR — setting him up for another championship-contending Cup season and leaving all motorsport storytellers despondent, wondering what could’ve been.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Feb. 2025
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The writer of the issue was Peter David, a prolific genre storyteller whose own father fled the Nazis and who would later take to his website to compare the first Trump administration to Hitler.—
Darren Franich,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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With his distinct style, business sense and comedy that’s been steadily consumed by the masses for over a quarter of a century, the comic has developed a fabulist folklore around his rise to fame akin to his favorite things outside of stand-up — videogames and professional wrestling.—
Nate Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Jan. 2025
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The infamous Long Island fabulist needs revenue from the podcast to pay the $205,000 in forfeiture cash that would be due a month before sentencing, his lawyers wrote in a letter to Federal Court Judge Joanna Seybert.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2025
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This was true for autobiographers and for belletristic authors.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Dec. 2024
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Most Black autobiographers never even planned to publish (or thought about publishing) their books commercially.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Dec. 2024
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Bob Brody, a consultant and essayist, is author of the memoir Playing Catch with Strangers: A Family Guy (Reluctantly) Comes of Age.—
Bob Brody,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2025
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Lilly Milman is an essayist based in Boston, Massachusetts.—
Lilly Milman,
Vox,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Fictioneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fictioneer. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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