Salman Rushdie vs author

Salman Rushdie and author both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Salman Rushdie	Yes	No	No	No
author	Yes	No	Yes	No

Salman Rushdie (noun)	author (noun)
British writer of novels who was born in India; one of his novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947)	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
	someone who originates or causes or initiates something

Salman Rushdie (verb)	author (verb)
	be the author of