Noun
An innovator; an asserter of novelty.
A writer of news.
A writer of a novel or novels.
Source: Webster's dictionaryNo poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted. W. H. Auden
A novelist could probably run a military campaign with some success. They could certainly run a country. Colm Tóibín
A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute. Terence Rattigan
Historian: an unsuccessful novelist. H. L. Mencken
The difference between a novelist and a historian is this: that the former tells lies deliberately and for the fun of it; the historian tells lies in his simplicity and imagines he is telling the truth. Halldór Laxness
The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like. E. L. Doctorow