Other hyponyms of author include
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,
Gothic romancer,
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.