author vs Salman Rushdie

author and Salman Rushdie both are nouns.

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

author (noun)	Salman Rushdie (noun)
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)	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)
someone who originates or causes or initiates something

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