(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.
...Jill Phillips, ~ of the book ‘Give Your Child Music’.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
2.
An ~ is a person whose job is writing books.
Haruki Murakami is Japan’s best-selling ~.
N-COUNT
3.
The ~ of a plan or proposal is the person who thinks of it and works out the details.
The ~s of the plan believe they can reach this point within about two years.
N-COUNT: N of n
4.
see also co-~