author name

Book cover attribution

An author name is the name under which a writer publishes their work.

This may be their legal name, a pen name, or a pseudonym chosen for privacy, marketing, or genre conventions.

In citations and bibliographies, author name refers to the specific field identifying who wrote a source: List the author name followed by the publication date.

Related

scribe · wordsmith · attribution · credit · title page · cover · book jacket · dust jacket · bibliography · manuscript · ghostwriter · literary · literary agent · published · copyright · biography · opus · penned

Opposites
identity disclosure

author nameanonymous

Of unknown origin

anonymity · unknown author · uncredited · unattributed · author unknown

work component

author namebook title

title · publication date · ISBN · subject matter · content

attribution role

author namepublisher

Company releasing books

imprint · printing house · distributor · press · bookseller

Family

author, authors, authored, authoring, authorship, authority, authorities, authoritative, authorize

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G