An author is a person who creates written works such as books, stories, plays, and poems. Essayist (8 letters) is a WRITER of essays, which are short literary compositions on a particular subject. FORERUNNER (10 letters) is someone who precedes or comes before another in time, rank, or importance. COMPOSE (7 letters) means to create or put together something, such as a piece of writing. LIBRETTIST (10 letters) is a WRITER of the text for an opera or other musical work. COLUMNIST (9 letters) is a WRITER of a newspaper or magazine column. BIOGRAPHER (10 letters) is a WRITER of a biography, which is a detailed description or account of someone's life. MAKER (5 letters) is someone who creates or produces something. PARENT (6 letters) is a person who is a father or mother. AGENT (5 letters) is a person who acts on behalf of another. CAUSE (5 letters) is a person or thing that produces an effect or result. PEN (3 letters) is an instrument used for writing or drawing with ink. Dana (4 letters), Gide (4 letters), Lear (4 letters), Roth (4 letters), SIRE (4 letters), Zola (4 letters), Camus (5 letters), Odets (5 letters), O'Hara (5 letters), Plato (5 letters), Spyri (5 letters), STEIN (5 letters), Yeats (5 letters), PENMAN (6 letters), Penner (6 letters), SCRIBE (6 letters), WRITER (6 letters), H.H. Munro (7 letters), Rostand (7 letters), Spenser (7 letters), Thoreau (7 letters), T.S. Eliot (7 letters), CHRISTIE (8 letters), Lawrence (8 letters), Michener (8 letters), Remarque (8 letters), Salinger (8 letters), Sinclair (8 letters), Smollett (8 letters), Stoddard (8 letters), Vonnegut (8 letters), Bretharte (9 letters), CORNEILLE (9 letters), Dumaurier (9 letters), Wodehouse (9 letters), Herman Wouk (10 letters), Leo Tolstoy (10 letters), Adolph Green (11 letters), Edgar Allan Poe (13 letters), John Dos Passos (13 letters), Chapter and Verse (15 letters) are all authors who have written works that have been published.