Gothic romancer vs author

Gothic romancer and author both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Gothic romancer	Yes	No	No	No
author	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, author is a hypernym of Gothic romancer; that is, author is a word with a broader meaning than Gothic romancer:

Gothic romancer: a writer of Gothic romances
author: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

Other hypernyms of Gothic romancer include writer.

Gothic romancer (noun)	author (noun)
a writer of Gothic romances	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
	someone who originates or causes or initiates something

Gothic romancer (verb)	author (verb)
	be the author of