n. 25B6; noun
modern Canadian authors : WRITER, wordsmith; novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, biographer; columnist, reporter; informal penman, penwoman, scribe, scribbler. See lists at dramatist , poet , writer .
the author of the peace plan : ORIGINATOR, creator, instigator, founder, father, architect, designer, deviser, producer; cause, agent.
auctorial.