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,
hack writer,
literary hack,
journalist,
librettist,
lyricist,
lyrist,
novelist,
pamphleteer,
paragrapher,
poet,
polemic,
polemicist,
polemist,
poetizer,
rhymer,
rhymester,
versifier,
scenarist,
scriptwriter,
space writer,
speechwriter,
tragedian,
wordmonger,
word-painter,
wordsmith.