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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

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The author depicts all this vividly and with sardonic wit, but with little fuss or outrage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Lead author and Movement Scientist, Dr. Dylan Hicks from Flinders' College of Education, Psychology and Social Work says the results challenge the long-held belief that all athletes should be coached toward a single technical model.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

“I think we are just going to move backward before we go forward,” Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist and author of the newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist, told Salon.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

The author, who is based in Birmingham, founded the festival in 2021.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Harriet Beecher Stowe, the renowned best-selling American author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, offered to write for Stanton, but only if the paper would consider a less provocative name.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling