No less than John Updike (in The New Yorker 's fiction issue) proclaims the screenwriter-architect's first novel a Tiger Woodsian debut.
John Updike is a respected author and reporter. 
mnli hypothesis: John Updike is a respected author and reporter.  premise: No less than John Updike (in The New Yorker 's fiction issue) proclaims the screenwriter-architect's first novel a Tiger Woodsian debut.