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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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In a year dedicated to celebrating her 250th birthday — she was born Dec. 16, 1775 — Austen is acknowledged as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, the author of a half-dozen or so classics, including Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion and Mansfield Park.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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More convergences and coincidences: Smith, a novelist to whom success came in his mid-to-late 30s, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1995.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
16 July 2025
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One of the most effective ways to help build brands and marketing success is to be an effective storyteller.—
Edward Segal,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Different baskets, regalia, or stories can be the time machine, the storage container, the religious fulcrum, the food carrier, the knowledge bearer, or the storyteller.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
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Many of the hustlers and fabulists who populate Crews’s fiction are typical American strivers.—
Charlie Lee,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Playing in the space between social realism and fabulist storytelling, Kezilahabi’s novel asks moral questions about parents’ responsibilities and the effects of women’s liberation, sparing no one but withholding final judgment.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
16 June 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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King has a blogger’s punch and an essayist’s analysis—her dexterous writing is intelligent, observant, and very, very funny.—
Literary Hub
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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Felsenthal is a fiction writer, poet, critic and essayist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Guardian, the Atlantic and other publications.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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“Fictioneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fictioneer. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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