Novelist and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz after being made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by King Charles III during an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, for services to literature. Picture date: Wednesday November 16, 2022. Victoria Jones/Pool via REUTERS 

Novelist and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz after being made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by King Charles III during an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, for services to literature. Picture date: Wednesday November 16, 2022. Victoria Jones/Pool via REUTERS 

Novelist and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz after being made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by King Charles III during an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, for services to literature. Picture date: Wednesday November 16, 2022. Victoria Jones/Pool via REUTERS 

French novelist Annie Ernaux walks after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux walks after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux walks after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux attends a news conference after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux attends a news conference after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux attends a news conference after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux attends a news conference after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux attends a news conference after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux attends a news conference after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux attends a news conference after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux attends a news conference after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux walks after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux talks to the media after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux talks to the media after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux talks to the media after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux talks to the media after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux reacts after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

French novelist Annie Ernaux reacts after being announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Cergy-Pontoise, France October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

View of new-edition books by late Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz are displayed for sale at Consoleya culture center in Cairo, Egypt August 15, 2022. REUTERS/Sameh Elkhatib 

A general view shows UPMC Hamot Surgery Center, where novelist Salman Rushdie is receiving treatment after the attack, in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki 

A general view shows UPMC Hamot Surgery Center, where novelist Salman Rushdie is receiving treatment after the attack, in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki 

A general view shows UPMC Hamot Surgery Center, where novelist Salman Rushdie is receiving treatment after the attack, in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki 

A general view shows UPMC Hamot Surgery Center, where novelist Salman Rushdie is receiving treatment after the attack, in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki 

A general view shows UPMC Hamot Surgery Center, where novelist Salman Rushdie is receiving treatment after the attack, in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki 

A general view shows UPMC Hamot Surgery Center, where novelist Salman Rushdie is receiving treatment after the attack, in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki 

A general view shows UPMC Hamot Surgery Center, where novelist Salman Rushdie is receiving treatment after the attack, in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki 

Press gather outside New York State Police Barracks in Jamestown, NY following the attack of Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who was once ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing, on stage at an event in New York, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

New York State Police Troop A Commander, Major Eugene Stanieszewski, speaks to press regarding Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who was once ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing, and who was attacked on stage at an event in New York, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

Chautauqua Institution President, Michael Hill, speaks to press regarding Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who was once ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing, and who was attacked on stage at an event in New York, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

New York State Police Troop A Commander, Major Eugene Stanieszewski speaks to press regarding Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who was once ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing, and who was attacked on stage at an event in New York, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

A view of a sheriff’s vehicle outside Chautauqua Institution where Salman Rushdie, Indian-born novelist who was once ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing, was attacked on stage at an event in New York, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

A view of the Chautauqua Institution where Salman Rushdie, Indian-born novelist who was once ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing, was attacked on stage at an event in New York, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

A view of the Chautauqua Institution where Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who was once ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing, was attacked on stage at an event in New York, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

A view of the Chautauqua Institution where Salman Rushdie, Indian-born novelist who was once ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing, was attacked on stage at an event in New York, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

Chautauqua County Sheriffs stand outside the main gate of the Chautauqua Institution where Salman Rushdie, Indian-born novelist who was once ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing, was attacked on stage at an event in New York, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

A view of the Chautauqua Institution where Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who was once ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing, was attacked on stage at an event in New York, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

A view of the Chautauqua Institution where Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who was once ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing, was attacked on stage at an event in New York, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

A view of the Chautauqua Institution where Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who was once ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing, was attacked on stage at an event in New York, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

Novelist Stephen King gives autographs as he leaves the U.S. District Court on the day he testifies in an antitrust case against a publisher merger, in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Fans of Novelist Stephen King wait outside the U.S. District Court on the day he testifies in an antitrust case against a publisher merger, in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Novelist Stephen King gives autographs as he leaves the U.S. District Court on the day he testifies in an antitrust case against a publisher merger, in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Novelist Stephen King gives leaves the U.S. District Court on the day he testifies in an antitrust case against a publisher merger, in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Novelist Stephen King gives autographs as he leaves the U.S. District Court on the day he testifies in an antitrust case against a publisher merger, in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Novelist Stephen King gives autographs as he leaves the U.S. District Court on the day he testifies in an antitrust case against a publisher merger, in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Novelist Stephen King walks outside a court on the day he testifies in an antitrust case against a publisher merger, at the U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Novelist Stephen King walks outside a court on the day he testifies in an antitrust case against a publisher merger, at the U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Novelist Stephen King walks outside a court on the day he testifies in an antitrust case against a publisher merger, at the U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Novelist Stephen King walks outside a court on the day he testifies in an antitrust case against a publisher merger, at the U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Novelist Stephen King walks outside a court on the day he testifies in an antitrust case against a publisher merger, at the U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Novelist Stephen King walks outside a court on the day he testifies in an antitrust case against a publisher merger, at the U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Novelist Stephen King walks outside a court on the day he testifies in an antitrust case against a publisher merger, at the U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Novelist Stephen King gestures outside a court on the day he testifies in an antitrust case against a publisher merger, at the U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Novelist Stephen King gestures outside a court on the day he testifies in an antitrust case against a publisher merger, at the U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Novelist Stephen King walks outside a court on the day he testifies in an antitrust case against a publisher merger, at the U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Roz Kaveney, 73, activist, novelist and trans woman who transitioned over 40 years ago, poses in east London, Britain, June 25, 2022. Picture taken June 25, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

Roz Kaveney, 73, activist, novelist and trans woman who transitioned over 40 years ago, poses in east London, Britain, June 25, 2022. Picture taken June 25, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls