LeRoi Jones vs author

LeRoi Jones and author both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
LeRoi Jones	Yes	No	No	No
author	Yes	No	Yes	No

LeRoi Jones (noun)	author (noun)
United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934)	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
	someone who originates or causes or initiates something

LeRoi Jones (verb)	author (verb)
	be the author of