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| nonauthor |
combined form of author. |
| omnibus |
a book that is a collection of short works by the same author or on a single theme. [1/3 definitions] |
| Paul |
an early convert to Christianity, the apostle of the Gentiles, and the author of the Acts of the Apostles and several of the Epistles in the New Testament. |
| Pauli Murray |
American civil rights and women's rights activist, lawyer, author, and Episcopal priest (b.1910--d.1985). |
| penman |
a writer or author. [1/3 definitions] |
| pen name |
a name used by an author in place of his or her real name; pseudonym; nom de plume. |
| preface |
an introduction to a book or other written text that gives information esp. about the author or work. [1/5 definitions] |
| pseud. |
abbreviation of "pseudonym," a false name adopted by someone, esp. an author, to conceal his or her identity; pen name. |
| pseudonym |
a false name adopted by someone, esp. an author, to conceal his or her identity; pen name. |
| remains |
unpublished writings left by an author at his death; literary remains. [1/4 definitions] |
| royalty |
a percentage of proceeds paid to the owner of productive real property, such land for mining or oil drilling, or to the author of a book, musical composition, or the like. [1/4 definitions] |
| Samuel Johnson |
an English author, lexicographer, and critic (b.1709--d.1784). |
| Samuel Langhorne Clemens |
U.S. author and humorist who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain (b.1835--d.1910). |
| set |
a group of works, usu. by one author and sold as a unit. [1/25 definitions] |
| Talmudist |
an author or compiler of some portion of the Talmud. [1/2 definitions] |
| trilogy |
a group of three literary or musical works by one author or composer that are related in sequence, theme, or the like. |
| Václav Havel |
Czech author, playwright, and politician, who was the last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic (b.1936). |
| vanity press |
a publisher that publishes books for which the author pays the costs; vanity publisher. |
| Voltaire |
a French author and philosopher; François Marie Arouet (1694-1778). |
| William Beebe |
U.S. naturalist, explorer, and author, who in 1934 made a record oceanic descent of 3,028 feet (923 meters) in a bathysphere (b.1877--d.1962). |
| willow-wild |
(poetic) frail and thin, as coined by the poet and author Langston Hughes. |
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