Writer vs Author

[Huda-M]

Hi!

Kindly tell me that how can a Writer' and 'author' be differentiated!

What I think is that a writer can write anything such as any article, report etc whereas an author is specially referred to the writer of any book. It can be said that 'An author is a writer, but a writer cannot be an author'!


Thanks in advance!

[SoothingDave]

A person who writes something is its "author." I can author a poem, a sentence, a play, a novel, a magazine article, a technical paper.

"Author" is not just reserved for books.

[Huda-M]

A person who writes something is its "author." I can author a poem, a sentence, a play, a novel, a magazine article, a technical paper.

"Author" is not just reserved for books.

But for a poem won't it be a Poet? Then can we say that author and writer are just the same? Like you are saying that author is not only reserved for books...

[Barb_D]

They are often the same. However, the person's name (or people's name) that goes on the article (or book) is the author. The author may not have a actually written it. This is referred to as ghostwriting.

[5jj]

But for a poem won't it be a Poet? Then can we say that author and writer are just the same? Like you are saying that author is not only reserved for books...

A poet is a person who writes poems.

We can speak of a poet (in general) or the writer of a (specific) poem. We don't normally speak of the author of a poem.

A person can write a poem. It's just about possible, though unusual, to author a poem.