writer, author, man* of letters;
~ница ж. writer, authoress;
~ский: ~кий труд writing, the work of a writer;
~ский талант talent for writing
writer, author, pen, penman; scribe шутл.; мн. ч. literati лат.
быть писателем — drive a quill, drive a pen, write for a living
писатель-юморист — comic writer
античные писатели — the ancients