unknown author
Mystery behind text
Unknown author indicates that the creator of a work cannot be identified.
Library catalogs and citations use it when a text, artwork, or document has no attributed authorship: The medieval manuscript is listed as unknown author.
Academic style guides specify how to format references when the writer remains anonymous or unidentified.
- anonymousOf unknown origin
- anonymous tipInformation from unnamed source
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
- pseudonymFictitious professional name
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
unsigned · unattributed · manuscript · public domain · enigma · question mark · forgotten · obscure · pen name · attribution · shadowy · nameless · apocryphal · disputed · lost · lost manuscript · dead letter · hidden
unknown authorbestselling author
Writer with high sales
household name · Shakespeare · Stephen King · literary icon · Hemingway
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