OK it's easy to have a go at the author but the points remain valid.

They make me want to throw plates at the author.

Before we begin looking at the play, let's take a look at the author.

"You want to talk about creativity," he rails at the author.

If a player goes off at an author, a book company can whip up an advertisement in a day or two.

Her father was a professor of English at Haverford and an author.

She is a master's degree candidate in writing at Columbia University and an author.

At its best, the author and, in turn, his readers learn what a subject thinks, feels, and fears.

The monotony, boredom and endless waiting gnawed away at the author.

She'd taken one look at Kit's anxious face, then shot a shrewd glance at the other author.