Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created.
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... Topol is also an illustrator, responsible for drawings in several books, including A Treasury of Jewish humour. ...
... A standard contract for an author will usually include provision for payment in the form of an advance and royalties ... An author's contract may specify, for example, that they will earn 10% of the retail price of each book sold ... An author's book must earn out their advance before any further royalties are paid ...
... Circuit and Yale Law School professor David Gelernter, Yale University professor, noted author, painter and computer scientist Boone Guyton, businessman, author and WWII test pilot who flew the F4U Corsair ...
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More definitions of "author":
- (verb): Be the author of.
Example: "She authored this play"
- (noun): Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay).
Synonyms: writer
Famous quotes containing the word author:
“Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put there is his private property, as much as if he had never written a word.”
—Gail Hamilton (1833–1896)
“In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)
“I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)