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,
Gothic romancer,
hack,
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.