author

Academic Word List, sublist 6.

About 64.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.

   The copyright of any original writing belongs initially and properly to its author.

2. noun The initial owner of the copyright to a work, especially a work made for hire or a work of corporate authorship.

   The author named on the copyright registration for the Android robot is Google Inc.

3. noun Someone who writes books for a living.
4. noun Principal; the primary participant in a crime.
5. noun One's authority for something: an informant.
6. noun The creator or cause of anything.
7. verb To create a work as its author.

Similar words

writer source generator authorship novelist submitter literati published communication editor

Often followed by

of and has is was to in who or

Word family

Author Authors authored authorial authoring authors authorship