diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/Tmdb/TmdbUtils.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/Tmdb/TmdbUtils.cs
index 39c0497bed..7e6b9beee9 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/Tmdb/TmdbUtils.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/Tmdb/TmdbUtils.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Frozen;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
@@ -48,6 +49,16 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Plugins.Tmdb
             PersonKind.Producer
         };
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Writing jobs to keep.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static readonly FrozenSet<string> _writerJobs = new[]
+        {
+            "writer",
+            "screenplay",
+            "novel"
+        }.ToFrozenSet(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
         [GeneratedRegex(@"[\W_-[·]]+")]
         private static partial Regex NonWordRegex();
 
@@ -82,7 +93,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Plugins.Tmdb
             }
 
             if (string.Equals(crew.Department, "writing", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-                && (string.Equals(crew.Job, "writer", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || string.Equals(crew.Job, "screenplay", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
+                && crew.Job is not null && _writerJobs.Contains(crew.Job))
             {
                 return PersonKind.Writer;
             }