author
[noun]
Synonyms:
- writer, composer, creator
- creator, architect, designer, father, founder, inventor, originator, producer

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Related Words: origin, source, ancestor, parent, procreator

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English Thesaurus: writer, author, novelist, poet, playwright, ...

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I. au‧thor¹ W2 AC /ˈɔːθə $ ˈɒːθər/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old North French; Origin: auctour, from Latin auctor 'maker, writer', from augere; ⇒ augment]

1. someone who has written a book Synonym : writer:
Nothomb is a Belgian author.
author of
He was the author of two books on China.
It’s clear that the author is a woman.

2. formal the person who starts a plan or idea Synonym : initiator
author of
the author of the state reforms
—authorial /ɔːˈθɔːriəl $ ɒː-/ adjective [only before noun]

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II. author² AC verb [transitive]
to be the writer of a book, report etc

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author
noun
ADJ. best-selling | prolific | famous, well-known | anonymous the anonymous author of this pamphlet
children's Primarily a children's author, she has also written books for adults.
VERB + AUTHOR read Stephen King is an author I've never read.
AUTHOR + VERB write (sth) The author was writing in the seventeenth century.

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author

a famous/well-known author
The famous author Henry James lived here.
a best-selling author
Ian McEwan is a best-selling author.
a children’s author
the children’s author Roald Dahl
your favourite author
Who’s your favourite author?
a prolific author (=one who writes many books)
She is also a prolific author with more than 70 books published.
a contributing author (=someone who writes articles for a newspaper or magazine, or who writes part of a book, report etc)
Ms Gomez was a contributing author to Chapter 1 of the WG II Report.

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writer someone who writes books, stories, or articles in as a job:
Greene was one of the finest writers of his generation.
a writer for the Independent on Sunday magazine
I always wanted to be a writer.
author someone who writes books, especially works of literature, or someone who wrote a particular book:
Among the guests was the author Salman Rushdie.
The author will be signing copies of his book.
He was the author of ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’.
novelist someone who writes books about imaginary people or events:
Charles Dickens was one of the greatest 19th century novelists.
the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland
poet someone who writes poems:
a class studying the works of modern American poets
playwright someone who writes plays:
Shakespeare was the greatest playwright in English history.
dramatist someone who writes plays - used especially in literary writing, about playwrights in the past:
the great French dramatist, Moliere
scriptwriter (also screenwriter) someone who writes plays for films or television:
Three or four scriptwriters work on the show.
blogger someone who regularly writes about a particular subject on their own website:
a travel blogger
a blogger who writes about the differences between American and British English

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