author

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柯林斯词典

author /ˈɔːθə/ (authors)

1. N-COUNT The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it. 作者[oft N 'of' n]
...Jill Phillips, author of the book "Give Your Child Music."
…吉爾·菲利浦斯，《把音樂給你的孩子》一書的作者。
2. N-COUNT An author is a person whose job is writing books. 作家
Haruki Murakami is Japan's best-selling author. 村上春樹是日本的暢銷書作家。

剑桥词典

The author has tried to deal with a very difficult subject .
In his preface , the author says that he took eight years to write the book .
She's a best-selling author .
He's the author of several hugely successful children's books .
There was a biographical note about the author on the back of the book .