1. author - Noun
2. author - Verb
The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.
One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.
The editor of a periodical.
An informant.
To occasion; to originate.
To tell; to say; to declare.
Source: Webster's dictionaryhe was the generator of several complaints Source: Internet
She authored this play Source: Internet
1970s and 1980s After the publication and success of Gravity's Rainbow, interest mounted in finding out more about the identity of the author. Source: Internet
287 BC – c. 212 BC) onward, and is usually referred to as "ὁ στοιχειώτης" ("the author of Elements"). Source: Internet
1916 ) * February 14 Frederick Douglass (his day of birth was never established; he adopted this date), American abolitionist author and statesman (d. Source: Internet
19th century In 1804, the author Jean Paul Richter moved from Coburg to Bayreuth, where he lived until his death in 1825. Source: Internet