What is Author?
An '''author''' is a person who makes an original piece of work. Most people use author to mean [[writer]]. While a writer is a type of author, authors often do more than write. Anyone who creates something original is an author. This could be written items such as [[book]]s, stories or [[poem]]s. This could also be other types of art, such as [[sculpture]] or [[music]]. Any type of work can be made by an author. == ''Writer'' and ''author'' == {{Main|Writer}} The term author is commonly used to refer to a person who writes as a [[profession]]. It is also believed by many that the term is used for writers who are [[wikt:distinguished|distinguished]] and who have had their works [[Publishing|published]]. These [[explanation]]s are common with people who work with those that write professionally.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-27|title=Difference between a Writer and an Author|url=https://eliteauthors.com/blog/whats-the-difference-between-an-author-and-a-writer/|access-date=2023-08-28|website=Elite Authors|language=en-US}}</ref> An author does not always have to be a writer. If a person [[wikt:dictation|dictates]] a letter to a [[secretary]], then the secretary is a writer but the person who dictated the letter is the author. == Examples == Other examples of someone being called ''author'': * In [[copyright law]], the author is the first owner of [[copyright]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lqYGCwAAQBAJ&q=automatically |title=Free Culture|last=Lessig|first=Lawrence |date=2015-11-13|isbn=978-82-690182-0-2|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref> These laws also apply to other works of art such as [[picture]]s or music. * In [[biology]], the first person to write an [[article]] that gives a name to and describes a type of living thing is the author of that name. * Someone who writes music may be called the author of that piece of music. Another name for an author of music is a [[composer]]. == French usage == When talking about [[movie]]s, the [[French language|French]] word for author, ''auteu