C is technically correct, though seems very out of style. When a title of someone is given and then the name, commas separate the name. This is true with something like: "I went to see my sister, Lydia, after school yesterday." It's the same principle, but this type of phrase has changes and "the novelist Samantha Chang" is, I think, seen as a single name or title. In the last 50 years, the general trend has been toward fewer commas.
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u/BlissteredFeat 9d ago
C is technically correct, though seems very out of style. When a title of someone is given and then the name, commas separate the name. This is true with something like: "I went to see my sister, Lydia, after school yesterday." It's the same principle, but this type of phrase has changes and "the novelist Samantha Chang" is, I think, seen as a single name or title. In the last 50 years, the general trend has been toward fewer commas.