Author

1) The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). This can be short or long, fiction or nonfiction, poetry or prose, technical or literature; in particular it is a profession (doing this for pay).

2) An author is someone who originates or causes or initiates something.

See also: Writer

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Lists of specific types of authors:

• List of biographers
• List of children's literature authors
• List of crime writers
• List of dramatists
• List of essayists
• List of historians
• List of historical novelists
• List of horror fiction authors
• List of humorists
• List of journalists
• List of military writers
• List of novelists by country (includes other types of authors).
• List of novelists by genre
• Lists of poets
  • by name
  • by language: Albanian, Catalan, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Welsh
• List of political authors
• List of romantic novelists
• List of science fiction authors
• List of screenwriters
• List of short story authors
• List of surrealist poets
• List of fantasy authors

Lists of various authors:

• List of Chinese authors
• List of German authors[?]
• List of French language authors
• List of Italian writers
• List of Japanese authors: A B C D E F G H I K M N O S T U W Y
• List of Swedish writers

• List of American authors
• List of Canadian writers