Other hyponyms of author include
abstracter,
abstractor,
alliterator,
authoress,
biographer,
coauthor,
joint author,
commentator,
reviewer,
compiler,
contributor,
cyberpunk,
drafter,
dramatist,
playwright,
essayist,
litterateur,
folk writer,
framer,
gagman,
gagster,
gagwriter,
ghost,
ghostwriter,
hack,
hack writer,
literary hack,
journalist,
librettist,
lyricist,
lyrist,
novelist,
pamphleteer,
paragrapher,
poet,
polemic,
polemicist,
polemist,
poetiser,
poetizer,
rhymer,
rhymester,
versifier,
scenarist,
scriptwriter,
space writer,
speechwriter,
tragedian,
wordmonger,
word-painter,
wordsmith.