As of 16 December 2021, Geni has merged this project with a pre-existing one. Please add profiles at Authors & Writers instead of here.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Author]

An author is broadly defined as "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work and can also be described as a writer.