authored
Put to paper
Authored is the past tense of author used as a verb, meaning to write or create a work: She authored three novels before turning forty.
Some consider this usage pretentious or unnecessary when "wrote" would suffice, but it's standard in academic and professional contexts: He authored the report, a jointly authored study.
Calm and self-possessed
produced · generated · formulated · devised · constructed · developed · compiled · scripted
Acknowledged as source
- ascribedAssigned to a source
- acknowledgedAccepted as true
- assignedGiven as duty
- citedMentioned as evidence
recognized · attributed · confirmed · documented · noted · bylined · signed · claimed
New and unusual
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- bookBound written work
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
memoir · biography · anthology · poetry · prose · fiction · nonfiction · narrative
Exclusive reproduction rights
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- plagiarismUnattributed use of others' work
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
- bylineArticle author identification
licensing · infringement · proprietary · trademark · patent · permissions
First or inventive
- innovativeIntroducing new ideas
- groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
distinctive · unique · inventive · creative · fresh · novel · unconventional · singular
composed
Calm and self-possessed
crafted · produced · generated · formulated · devised · constructed · developed · compiled · scripted · ghostwritten
credited
Acknowledged as source
- ascribedAssigned to a source
- acknowledgedAccepted as true
- assignedGiven as duty
cited · recognized · attributed · confirmed · documented · noted · bylined · signed · claimed · professed
novel
New and unusual
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- bookBound written work
- essayShort argumentative prose work
article · memoir · biography · anthology · poetry · prose · fiction · nonfiction · narrative · drama
copyright
Exclusive reproduction rights
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- plagiarismUnattributed use of others' work
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
byline · licensing · infringement · proprietary · trademark · patent · permissions
original
First or inventive
- innovativeIntroducing new ideas
- groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
visionary · distinctive · unique · inventive · creative · fresh · novel · unconventional · singular · unprecedented
authoredplagiarized
Claimed another's work
copied · stolen · pirated · forged · ghostwritten
authoredanonymous
Of unknown origin
unattributed · uncredited · unsigned · orphaned · apocryphal
authoredunauthored
Having no attributed maker
copied · transcribed · dictated · ghostwritten · commissioned
- 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
author, authority, authorize, authorized, authors, unauthorized, authorization, authorizing, authoring