小説家|しょうせつかshousetsuka

1. nounnovelist; fiction writer
   彼かれは、詩人しじんではなくて小説家しょうせつかだ。↗

   He is not a poet but a novelist.

• Synonym作家さっかNeutralA broader word for writers in general, and it can also mean artists; 「小説家」refers specifically to someone who writes novels.
• SynonymノベリストNeutralA loanword meaning novelist; rare, with a stylish Western or literary-criticism flavor. In everyday speech people say 「小説家」or 「作家」.

For someone who writes novels, 「小説家」is the default. Use 「作家」for writers in general (it also covers artists); 「ノベリスト」is a rare, Western-flavored loanword.

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1. 小説しょうせつを書かく人ひと。また、それを生業せいぎょうとする人ひと。