Is there only one setting in which an author can tell true tales?

They may be unpleasant; but that, the author tells us, is the way today's world works.

The author does not tell us, and yet this is a question to be solved in order to determine the interpretation of the work.

The author then introduces the other characters, and indeed, tells the entire story, through her.

The author tells how she recovered from the death of her 12-year-old son.

That, as the author will repeatedly tell you, was not her intention.

The author has already told the reader about this talent in the first book, even though it did not seem very important at the time.

By page 92 the author is even telling you he's "desperate" about how to go on.

As any author will tell you, you only get one first book.

There is always small claims court, the authors tell us.