An author is a person who makes an original piece of work. Most people use author to mean writer . While a writer is a type of author, authors often do more than write. Anyone who creates something original is an author. This could be written items such as books , stories or poems . This could also be other types of art, such as sculpture or music . Any type of work can be made by an author.

Writer and author [ change | change source ]

The term author is commonly used to refer to a person who writes as a profession . It is also believed by many that the term is used for writers who are distinguished and who have had their works published . These explanations are common with people who work with those that write professionally. ^[1]

An author does not always have to be a writer. If a person dictates a letter to a secretary , then the secretary is a writer but the person who dictated the letter is the author.

Examples [ change | change source ]

Other examples of someone being called author :

• In copyright law , the author is the first owner of copyright . ^[2] These laws also apply to other works of art such as pictures or music.
• In biology , the first person to write an article that gives a name to and describes a type of living thing is the author of that name.
• Someone who writes music may be called the author of that piece of music. Another name for an author of music is a composer .

French usage [ change | change source ]

When talking about movies , the French word for author, auteur , is often used about someone who has been both the writer and director of a movie.

Related pages [ change | change source ]

• Writer
• Journalist
• Genre of literature

References [ change | change source ]

Other websites [ change | change source ]

• Networks of scientific papers Archived 2021-03-01 at the Wayback Machine

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