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The killing circle by Andrew pyper is kind of awesome. He joins a writing circle and becomes entangled in the story of a serial killer.
Ariadne Oliver, a friend of Hercule Poirot, was a mystery writer. Scroll down and you'll see a list of the books in which she appears.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariadne...
In the book Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell, the narrator's friend Carrie is a journalist.
There's an aspiring writer in the book You. The other main character in the story works in a book store.
There's a magazine writer in the book Diary of a Working Girl.
Newspaper Writer: Starry Night
Heartburn by Nora Ephron. The protagonist is a cook book writer.
Wonder Boys also has a writer as the main protagonist.
The Sportswriter by Richard Ford would work too. As an former creative writer turned sportswriter, the character would also qualify as a journalist.
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Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld - This one is great because you get to read the story she wrote as well as her first experiences as a published author. Lightning by Dean Koontz - A fast-paced adventure that will have you on the edge of your seat!
I think someone was looking for a ghost writer protagonist.Taisy, one of the two main characters in The Precious One is a ghost writer.
The main character in the thriller Deadly Messengers by Susan May is a freelance writer for magazines.
Widow, Virgin, Whore by Deanna Lynn Sletten.Great story. She is a newspaper writer.
Stephen King has written a number of books with writers/authors as protagonists:Misery (might be the most famous example)
'Salem's Lot
The Shining
It
Bag of Bones
Desperation
The Dark Half
The Tommyknockers
Two novellas in Four Past Midnight (The Langoliers and Secret Window, Secret Garden)
Lisey's Story (here, the main character is a deceased writer's wife, but the writer himself and his world features prominently throughout the story and is the focus of the plot)
One novella in Different Seasons (The Body)
The Woman in Cabin 10At Home in Mitford -Cynthia writes children's books
The Bell Jar - Esther wants to be a writer.
Sir Arthur Conan DoyleNon-fiction:
Conan Doyle for the Defence
Masters of Mystery: The Strange Friendship of Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini
Fiction:
The List of Seven
For those looking for something quick and funny. I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf it's a comic/graphic novel.
The Harpy. The MC starts the book as a copy writer, freelance. Eventually, all of her time & energy is absorbed as a SAHM.
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