romancier means “novelist” | MotiTan French Dictionary

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Le romancier travaille sur un nouveau roman.

The novelist is working on a new novel.

A writer who builds fictional people and a plot into a sustained book.

écrivain: Someone who writes books and other forms of text.
auteur: The person who created a particular work.

Auteur dont l'œuvre principale est le roman, qui crée des intrigues et des personnages fictifs.

French formed romancier from roman with the agentive suffix -ier, while roman developed from Old French romanz, a vernacular narrative.

Romancier specifically highlights novel writing, whereas écrivain is the broader word for a writer of any kind.