Author vs. Novelist

Authornoun

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.

Authornoun

(with definite article: "the author") I, me. used in academic articles instead of a first-person pronoun.

Authornoun

Someone who writes books for a living.

Authornoun

(obsolete) One's authority for something: an informant.

Authorverb

To create a work as its author.

Authornoun

The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.

Authornoun

One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.

Authornoun

The editor of a periodical.

Authornoun

An informant.

Authorverb

To occasion; to originate.

Authorverb

To tell; to say; to declare.

Authornoun

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

Authornoun

someone who originates or causes or initiates something;

Authorverb

be the author of;

Author

An author is the creator or originator of any written work such as a book or play, and is also considered a writer. More broadly defined, an author is and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created.

Novelistnoun

An author of novels.

Novelistnoun

(obsolete) An innovator; one who introduces something new; one who favours novelty.

Novelistnoun

An innovator; an asserter of novelty.

Novelistnoun

A writer of news.

Novelistnoun

A writer of a novel or novels.

Novelistnoun

someone who writes novels

Novelist

A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to support themselves in this way or write as an avocation.