Author

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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 writingtechnical 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 international authors:

• List of Canadian writers
• 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

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Author" http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Author August 23, 2003