author

Plural: authors

Noun

• writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
• someone who originates or causes or initiates something
• The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
• The initial owner of the copyright to a work, especially a work made for hire or a work of corporate authorship.
• Someone who writes books for a living.
• Principal; the primary participant in a crime.
• One's authority for something: an informant.
• The creator or cause of anything.

Verb

• be the author of
  • "She authored this play"
• To create a work as its author.

Examples

• "Have you read any Corinthian authors?"
• "The author named on the copyright registration for the Android robot is Google Inc."
• "The copyright of any original writing belongs initially and properly to its author."
• "This paper has three authors."

Synonyms

artist, bookwright, creator, fabulator, generator, source, subcreator, writer

Related Words

auteur, authorisation, authority, authorization, authorship