1. a person who writes a novel based on another work, such as a film, play, or short story
Usage: also spelled 'noveliser' in British English

Examples

• The novelizer transformed the screenplay into a 300-page book.
• She worked as a novelizer, adapting popular films into prose fiction.
• The novelizer added internal monologues that weren't in the original movie.
• Many novelizers are hired by studios to expand stories for book readers.
• The novelizer's job requires both creativity and fidelity to the source material.