authoress
Woman who writes
Authoress is an old-fashioned or disparaging term for a female author.
Like actress and poetess, it fell out of favor as gender-neutral terms became preferred.
Today it sounds either archaic or condescending: She bristled at being called an authoress rather than simply an author.
Writer of prose narratives
- poetessFemale verse writer
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- essayistAuthor of short prose
- biographerOne who writes lives
memoirist · diarist · chronicler · storyteller · narrator · columnist · critic · ghostwriter
Adult female human
- writerCreator of texts
- femaleOffspring-bearing sex
- ladyCourteous term for woman
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
poetess · she · her · storyteller · penwoman · scribbler · bluestocking · gentlewoman
Regency-era English novelist
- Brontë sistersSibling authors from Haworth
- George EliotPseudonymous Victorian novelist
- bluestockingLiterary-minded woman, historically
- VictorianOf a prim era
Mary Shelley · salon · patroness · literary circle · correspondence · quill · parchment · inkwell
New and unusual
- proseUnversified language
- fictionImagined narrative work
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
publishing · narrative · pen name · pseudonym · literary · writings · oeuvre · memoirs
novelist
Writer of prose narratives
- poetessFemale verse writer
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- essayistAuthor of short prose
biographer · memoirist · diarist · chronicler · storyteller · narrator · columnist · critic · ghostwriter · bluestocking
woman
Adult female human
novelist · poetess · she · her · storyteller · penwoman · scribbler · bluestocking · gentlewoman · dame
Jane Austen
Regency-era English novelist
- Brontë sistersSibling authors from Haworth
- George EliotPseudonymous Victorian novelist
- bluestockingLiterary-minded woman, historically
Mary Shelley · Victorian · salon · patroness · literary circle · correspondence · quill · parchment · inkwell · writing desk
novel
New and unusual
manuscript · publishing · narrative · pen name · pseudonym · literary · writings · oeuvre · memoirs · correspondence
manuscript
Original text before publication
memoir · novella · fable · allegory · satire · dialogue · monologue · chapter · draft · revision
novel
New and unusual
plot · characterization · theme · motif · setting · style · point-of-view · metaphor · symbolism · imagery