---
title: author
alignment: lawful
---

{% block examples -%}

"He's the author of the song"

"Everybody is an author"

{%- endblock %}



{% block usage -%}

To attribute a [work](/work) to an individual

{%- endblock %}



{% block recommendations -%}

Use it, it is much better than "[artist](/artist)"

Oppose the idea that just by defining oneself as an "author" one deserves special treatment

{%- endblock %}