Author
Name on spine
An author is someone who writes—especially books, articles, or other substantial texts.
The term carries more weight than writer, suggesting completed, published work: the author of three novels, citing the original author.
Author also means originator more broadly: the author of the plan.
As a verb, to author is to write or create: She authored the report.
Lifelong occupational pursuit
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- advancesForward movements or progress
- contractsEnforceable written agreements
- agentOne who acts independently
editor · publisher · book deal · query letter · platform · readership · bestseller · backlist
Writer of prose narratives
- essayistAuthor of short prose
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- poetWriter of verse
- biographerOne who writes lives
memoirist · columnist · blogger · screenwriter · lyricist · librettist · dramatist · satirist
Creator of texts
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
- wordsmithSkilled prose artisan
- penmanSkilled handwriting practitioner
scribe · narrative voice · manuscript · drafting · revision · editing · plotting · characterization
Highly skilled practitioner
- scholarLearned, studious person
- specialistExpert in one field
- theoristDeveloper of explanatory systems
- thinkerOne who contemplates
academic · intellectual · commentator · critic · analyst · researcher · contributor · voice
career
Lifelong occupational pursuit
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- advancesForward movements or progress
- contractsEnforceable written agreements
agent · editor · publisher · book deal · query letter · platform · readership · bestseller · backlist · midlist
novelist
Writer of prose narratives
- essayistAuthor of short prose
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- poetWriter of verse
biographer · memoirist · columnist · blogger · screenwriter · lyricist · librettist · dramatist · satirist · chronicler
writer
Creator of texts
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
- wordsmithSkilled prose artisan
penman · scribe · narrative voice · manuscript · drafting · revision · editing · plotting · characterization · dialogue
expert
Highly skilled practitioner
- scholarLearned, studious person
- specialistExpert in one field
- theoristDeveloper of explanatory systems
thinker · academic · intellectual · commentator · critic · analyst · researcher · contributor · voice · influential
originator
One who initiates
- creatorOne who produces something
- architectBuilding design professional
- founderOne who begins something
inventor · source · progenitor · mastermind · designer · deviser · initiator · pioneer · producer · begetter
Hemingway
- AustenLiterary family name
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- DickensSurname of Victorian novelist
Tolstoy · Twain · Borges · Marquez · Woolf · Dostoevsky · Orwell · Kafka · Tagore · Morrison
Authorreader
One who peruses text
audience · consumer · viewer · listener · subscriber
Authorplagiarist
One stealing others' writing
transcriber · copyist · amanuensis · ghostwriter · scribe
Authorcensor
One who suppresses content
suppressor · redactor · bowdlerizer · expurgator · destroyer
- transit authorityAgency overseeing public transportation
- authority figurePerson wielding official power
- with authority
- voice of authority
- best-selling authorWriter with top sales
- moral authorityInfluence from perceived righteousness
authors, authored, authoring, authorship, authoress, authority, authorities, authoritative, authoritatively