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An '''author''' is someone who [[writes]] a piece of [[literature]] such as might appear in a [[book]] or a [[magazine]] article.
 
An '''author''' is someone who [[writes]] a piece of [[literature]] such as might appear in a [[book]] or a [[magazine]] article.
  
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The term author is usually used with works that have been mass produced either in written or electronic form and have the capability to be widely read and distributed.
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The term author is usually used with works that have been mass-produced either in written or electronic form and have the capability to be widely read and distributed.
 
    
 
    
 
== Authors and Books ==
 
== Authors and Books ==
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* ''The Jungle Books'' by [[Rudyard Kipling]]
 
* ''The Jungle Books'' by [[Rudyard Kipling]]
 
* ''Guin Saga'' by [[Kaoru Kurimoto]]
 
* ''Guin Saga'' by [[Kaoru Kurimoto]]
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* ''Tess of the D'Urbervilles'' by [[Thomas Hardy]]
 
* ''Independent People'' by Halldor Laxness
 
* ''Independent People'' by Halldor Laxness
 
* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' by [[C.S. Lewis]]
 
* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' by [[C.S. Lewis]]
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* ''Meditations'' by Marcus Aurelius  
 
* ''Meditations'' by Marcus Aurelius  
 
* ''One Hundred Years of Solitude'' by [[Gabriel García Márquez]]  
 
* ''One Hundred Years of Solitude'' by [[Gabriel García Márquez]]  
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* ''Of Human Bondage'' by [[W. Somerset Maugham]]  
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* ''Of Human Bondage'' by [[Somerset Maugham|W. Somerset Maugham]]  
 
* ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'' by [[Margaret Mitchell]]
 
* ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'' by [[Margaret Mitchell]]
 
* ''Pale Fire'' by [[Vladimir Nabokov]]
 
* ''Pale Fire'' by [[Vladimir Nabokov]]
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* ''The Godfather'' by [[Mario Puzo]]
 
* ''The Godfather'' by [[Mario Puzo]]
 
* ''Wolf Totem'' by Jiang Rong
 
* ''Wolf Totem'' by Jiang Rong
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* ''Pedro Paramo'' by Juan Rulfo
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* ''Pedro Paramo'' by [[Juan Rulfo]]
 
* ''Scaramouche'' by Rafael Sabatini
 
* ''Scaramouche'' by Rafael Sabatini
 
* ''Le Petit Prince'' by [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]]
 
* ''Le Petit Prince'' by [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]]
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* ''A Man in Full'' by [[Tom Wolfe]]  
 
* ''A Man in Full'' by [[Tom Wolfe]]  
 
* ''Musashi'' by Eiji Yoshikawa
 
* ''Musashi'' by Eiji Yoshikawa
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* ''The Railway Children'' by [[E. Nesbit]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:10, June 28, 2016

An author is someone who writes a piece of literature such as might appear in a book or a magazine article.

The term author is usually used with works that have been mass-produced either in written or electronic form and have the capability to be widely read and distributed.

Authors and Books

There are several lists of "Top authors" or "Best seller" books. Some include:

Portrait of Leo Tolstoy by Ilya Yefimovich Repin
J. W. von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
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