Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people.

Journalists writing fiction

There are many examples of journalists who made their mark writing fiction or other non-journalism, including:

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• Anthony Burgess, who wrote vast quantities of reviews and was famously fired as literary critic of the Yorkshire Post
• Amanda Craig, who writes satirical novels about English society
• Joan Didion
• Frederick Forsyth
• David Gates, who wrote about books and music for Newsweek
• Graham Greene who worked originally as sub-editor on The Times
• Carl Hiaasen, who writes about the corruption and glitter of Miami and Miami Beach, which he also covered as a reporter.
• Arturo Pérez Reverte and Manuel Leguineche were war correspondents before becoming successful Spanish novelists.
• Susan Sontag
• Calvin Trillin, who has written several humorous novels
• Tom Wolfe