Very few writers, of our time or any other, have been able to bring that combination off.

Balzac had a significant influence on the writers of his time and beyond.

He will be missed as one of the greatest writers of our time and a friend.

She has been described as "the finest writer of our time on the English countryside".

The most original writer of his time, he took no credit for pure invention and allowed none to others.

Other critics see him as the greatest English writer of our time.

"The greatest writer of our time comes to my house for dinner!"

He was one of the best paid writers of his time.

Unlike other writers of her time, she did not come from the intelligentsia.

He was among leading progressive writers of his time.