as in author
a person who creates a written work
a writer who is still trying to get published
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Recent Examples of writer
The team was chosen by Statesman sports writers Rick Cantu and Colby Gordon after consulation with head football coaches throughout the Austin area.
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Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 10 Jan. 2026
These songs chart the story of travel writer Poppy (Emily Bader) and her attempt to reconnect with her best friend Alex (Tom Blyth) on one last vacation.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026
Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
Your artistry reminds us that no queen, prime minister, sleuth, writer, philosopher can escape the beautiful position of being human.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
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Few authors are better equipped to address these questions than the Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard, who made a name for himself by alchemizing his private life into approximately 3,500 pages of literary voyeurism and stamping it with the name of Hitler’s manifesto.—
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Out today, Woman Down centers on writer Petra Rose, an author who has writer’s block and checks into a remote cabin to finish her next book.—
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For extra literary merit, the screenplay was co-written by novelist Emma Donoghue, with director Philippa Lowthorpe.—
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And Henry's work also helped Kuang to visualize her own path as a novelist.—
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This week, royal biographer Robert Jobson told PEOPLE that the former Duke of York’s exile could take him to the Middle East.—
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Royal biographer Robert Jobson talked to People about how Charles’ recent meeting with the King of Bahrain could spark a potential move for Andrew to that country.—
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Celebrate fresh voices and first-time storytellers making their mark by choosing a debut novel.—
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New York storyteller Laura Sims leads workshops and performs stories on Saturday and Sunday during the Atlanta Jewish Storytelling Festival at The Breman.—
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Arthur Sze is a poet, translator, and editor.—
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While the epithet is sometimes attributed to the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, Ronda has maintained a romantic aura for centuries, drawing creatives like Ernest Hemingway and Orson Welles to its mountaintop setting.—
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“Writer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writer. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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