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An author is a creator of a written or published work. The Author type is used for anyone who has written prose (whether fiction, essay, journalism, or scholarship), poetry, drama, or written or edited a book of any sort. This therefore includes editors of anthologies, whether or not the editor has written any material included in the anthology, and also includes artists in other media such as the fine arts and music, who may have had monographs or songbooks (for example) published. It also can include corporate authors, such as organizations, companies and government agencies, when a written work is credited to one, rather than to a person. It does not include scriptwriters for television and film (see the types TV Writer and Film Writer for these).

• poets (e.g. Sylvia Plath, Homer, T.S. Eliot)

• novelists (e.g. J. K. Rowling, C.S. Lewis, Jane Austen)

• playwrights (e.g. Arthur Laurents, Suzan-Lori Parks, Eve Ensler)

• editors of anthologies (e.g. Dave Eggers, Joyce Carol Oates, Edward Gorman)

• artists in other media such as the fine arts and music, who may have had monographs or songbooks published (e.g. Eric Salzman, Patti Smith)

• corporate authors, such as organizations, companies and government agencies (e.g American Academy Of Pediatrics, Weight Watchers)

• NOTE: Remove Person type and add the types Company, Organization or Government Agency for corporate authors.

• contributing authors: these are people who have contributed content to the book, but who are not credited as one of the primary authors or editors. These are authors of written works such as stories, poems, essays, etc. in an anthology; notes, introductions, afterwords, etc. in works written or compiled by other hands; and chapters in a textbook or reference work (e.g. Gloria Steinem, John Vornholt, Janet Morris)

• journalists

• newspaper writers (e.g. Alan Schwarz)

• magazine article writers (e.g. James Surowiecki)

• authors of scholarly works (e.g. Stephen Jay Gould)

• scriptwriters for television and film (e.g. Akiva Goldsman)

• Use the types TV writer and film writer for these.

• illustrators that created the interior illustrations of the book (e.g. Mary GrandPré)

• Use the illustrator type for these.

• readers of audio books (e.g. Jonathan Davis)

• Use the audio book reader type for these.

• cover artists that created the cover art for the book (e.g. Glen Orbik)

• Use the illustrator type for these.

• translator of written works (e.g. Jerome)

• Use the translator type for these.

• visual artists such as painters (e.g. Thomas Kinkade)

• Use the visual artist type for these.

• Author Identity Criteria