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
Before that, Becca was a staff writer at The Week, primarily contributing to Speed Reads.
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Becca Stanek, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
Associated Press writer Rebecca Santana in Washington contributed to this report.
—Elliot Spagat, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
That’s why wine writer Anna Lee Iijima goes out of her way to shop here.
—Oset Babür-Winter, Curbed, 8 Nov. 2024
Sarah Prager Sarah Prager is a writer who lives in central Massachusetts with her wife and their two children.
—Sarah Prager, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Becca Stanek, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
Associated Press writer Rebecca Santana in Washington contributed to this report.
—Elliot Spagat, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
That’s why wine writer Anna Lee Iijima goes out of her way to shop here.
—Oset Babür-Winter, Curbed, 8 Nov. 2024
Sarah Prager Sarah Prager is a writer who lives in central Massachusetts with her wife and their two children.
—Sarah Prager, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writer
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Published: Nov 18, 2024 Blair Braverman Outside contributor Blair Braverman is the author, most recently, of ‘Small Game’ and ‘Dogs on the Trail’ and lives in northern Wisconsin.Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
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The study’s authors Talia Yashuv and Leore Grosman, both from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, tested that hypothesis by successfully spinning flax into yarn using replicas of the stones.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
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Apps for novelists and book authors typically go for between $50 and $60 for a one-time license or per year as a subscription.PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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Mann was aiming at his brother Heinrich, a novelist and an essayist of nearly equal renown, whose liberal politics led him to support Germany’s enemies, France and Britain.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Earlier this year, on July 13th, the sonic storyteller took over one of the largest stages at one of the biggest music festivals in Serbia, Exit Festival.Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Read more Christa Joanna Lee is a writer, editor, and storyteller across editorial and brand spaces.Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
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Bananas and Tori make this archeological key dig look as easy as finding a poet in Bushwick, speeding off after only a few minutes.Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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The inaugural award was initially intended to go to one artist but was instead granted to two: Julian Charrière, a French-Swiss conceptual artist based in Berlin, and Cecilia Vicuña, a Chilean poet and weaver who splits time between New York Santiago, Chile.Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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