The term 'The Plague Author Albert' is referring to the French author Albert Camus. Camus was a Nobel Prize-winning novelist, playwright, and essayist who wrote extensively about existentialism and absurdism. His most famous works include The Stranger, The Myth of Sisyphus, and The Plague. The Plague is an allegorical novel about a plague epidemic in the French Algerian city of Oran. It is considered one of the most influential works of the 20th century.