author

[aw-ther] / ˈɔ θər /

NOUN

composer of written work

Synonyms

STRONGEST

biographer columnist composer creator journalist poet producer reporter writer

STRONG

essayist ghost ghostwriter originator playwright scribbler scribe wordsmith

WEAK

ink slinger prose writer scripter word slinger work-for-hire

VERB

to write computer programs

Synonyms

STRONGEST

code program write

Example Sentences

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About the author: Daniel Bunn is president and CEO of the Tax Foundation.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

As a species, we are “almost entirely dependent on flowers,” the author reminds us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

For the 30-year-old self-published author Vianney Harelly, writing poetry is an “imperfect, messy and ugly” process, where she is allowed to break all the rules that would limit her creativity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Purchase imperfect secondhand garden furniture where you can sit and drink tea and read an imperfectly wonderful book by your favorite author.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Hamilton would be the draftsman, but Washington must be the author.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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