author

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 a person who writes books or the person who wrote a particular book: Who is your favourite author? * He is the author of three books on art. * best-selling author Joan Collins * Who's the author? 2 the person who creates or starts sth, especially a plan or an idea: As the author of the proposal I cannot agree with you. verb [VN] (formal) to be the author of a book, report, etc. \