fiction author
Inventor of tales
A fiction author is a writer who creates imaginative narrative works—novels, short stories, or other invented prose.
The term distinguishes those who write made-up stories from journalists, historians, or other nonfiction writers: She's a fiction author who specializes in mysteries.
Often shortened to simply author or novelist depending on form.
- plotterMachinator or diagram machine
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
- reviserOne who edits text
- writer's blockInability to produce text
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
pantser · storyteller · self-publisher · mystery writer · screenwriter · wordsmith · pen name · romance novelist · drafter · thriller writer · page turner · brainstormer · first draft · playwright · penman · researcher · literary agent · book tour
fiction authorjournalist
News profession practitioner
reporter · historian · biographer · investigative journalist · memoirist
fiction authorliterary critic
Assesses written works professionally
reader · audience · book reviewer · editor · literary scholar
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