From 860cb75d582aa6da0c03571072d43e99c3e87e80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: theguymadmax <theguymadmax@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 11:27:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add Novel job mapping to the Writing department

---
 MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/Tmdb/TmdbUtils.cs | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/Tmdb/TmdbUtils.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/Tmdb/TmdbUtils.cs
index 39c0497bed..3664164a1c 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/Tmdb/TmdbUtils.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Plugins/Tmdb/TmdbUtils.cs
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Plugins.Tmdb
             PersonKind.Producer
         };
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Writing jobs to keep.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static readonly HashSet<string> WriterJobs = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+        {
+            "writer",
+            "screenplay",
+            "novel"
+        };
+
         [GeneratedRegex(@"[\W_-[·]]+")]
         private static partial Regex NonWordRegex();
 
@@ -82,7 +92,7 @@ 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;
             }