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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 or literature; in particular it is a profession (doing this for pay).

2) An author is someone who originates or causes or initiates something.

3) The same than definition number 1, but applied to music. The sole fact of creating a sequence of notes, even if they are not written in paper, might give someone the title of author of a melody, chords sequence, arrangements, etc.

See also: Writer

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 fantasy authors
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

Lists of various authors:

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 ) An '''author''' is someone who originates or causes or initiates something.
+) The same than definition number 1, but applied to [[music]]. The sole fact of creating a sequence of notes, even if they are not written in paper, might give someone the title of '''author''' of a melody, chords sequence, arrangements, etc.
 ''See also: [[Writer]]''