Thread:Tiberius II/@comment-122900-20200515180501/@comment-25924244-20200519081054

There is a difference between writer and author but I am not sure what it is. All authors are writers but not all writers are authors. My guess is there could be writers like journalists and critics who write journal articles about Agatha Christie but these are not authors. So writer is more general.

I just did a bit of quick research. See Alison Light. She is a critic and a university professor. She has written books and articles which touch on Agatha Christie. She's described as a writer. Even on her own website (alisonlight.org) she calls herself a writer.

I may be wrong, but it seems that people who write mainly reviews and non-fiction do not call themselves authors.

So if we foresee having articles about these people, then writer would seem to be more inclusive. AndyC37 (talk) 08:34, May 19, 2020 (UTC)