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author

author

2.0
A person who writes books or articles
  • noun
  • /ˈɔːθər/
translation icon : autor
  • Yale Law School professor Owen M. Fiss, author of the landmark 1984 law review article.
  • authors write
  • book author
  • author of the article

So this is the author's note to Grave Peril.

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Examples

  • Contributing editor Bharti Kirchner, of Seattle, is the author of four novels and four cookbooks.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Randy Barnett, author of A Life for Liberty.

  • A lady, a fine author, wrote a book.

  • I would guess that this author is younger than I am.

  • You may know her as the author of Love Your Life Not Theirs.

  • What's the author's name again?

  • I carved out a career as a horror author.

  • Susan Shapiro, a Manhattan writing teacher, is the author of Only As Good As Your Word.

    Academic text (2011)
  • You haven't seen a bestselling author before?

  • She is a renowned author known for her captivating novels.

Synonyms

writer
vsauthor
1.0

A person who creates books, articles, or stories

is used mainly for those who write professionally
scribe
vsauthor
25 6.2

A person who writes or records information for other people

is about creating original books or articles as a profession
scribbler
vsauthor
  • Offensive
2 8.2

A writer, often a journalist, who people think is not very skilled

is the neutral professional term used without insulting judgment
authoress
vsauthor
  • Offensive
1 8.9

A woman who writes books or articles, now old-fashioned and sometimes offensive

is the gender-neutral professional term without the outdated label
penman
vsauthor
  • Archaic
1 7.7

A person who writes for a living, for example a journalist or author

focuses on creating books or articles professionally rather than pen skill
scriptor
vsauthor
  • Archaic
9.1

A person who writes books, articles, or reports

is the neutral professional term used more widely
littérateur
vsauthor
  • Literature
9.9

A person who writes books or poems and loves literature

is the general professional term for all kinds of written work
inkslinger
vsauthor
  • Archaic
8.6

A person who writes for newspapers, magazines, or books

is the standard professional term not the informal slang label

Compounds

1 4.2

A person who writes a book or article together with another person, sharing credit

author mill
  • Literature
8.6

A company that publishes many low quality books to make money

How Published

novelist
112 3.4
author
2.0
writer
1.0

Surface Forms

author singular
authors plural

Etymology

Author comes from the Latin auctor, from a verb that meant 'to make grow'. Think of an author as someone who makes an idea grow into a book or article, which is why an author is the person who writes such works.