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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an author named" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when introducing or referencing a specific author in a discussion or text.
Example: "In her latest book, an author named Jane Smith explores the themes of identity and belonging."
Alternatives: "a writer called" or "an author referred to as".
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He got an author named Compton Kane out to Hollywood.
As Piel observes, such texts usually have an author named "Dull".
Nevertheless, we should treasure his cameo in "Breathless," as an author named Parvulesco, who meets the press in dark glasses.
Dixie likes to read Western novels by an author named Treat Redheart; she takes comfort from their predictable plots.
Inside, a father reads to his son from a cutesy, pastel-colored picture book called "Where's My Cow?," by an author named Terry Pratchett.
As an author named Barack Obama once wrote, Reagan "put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it".
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As an author naming your characters is vitally important.
When he goes back to Abe Crystal, the originating student, Crystal says he picked the word up from a 1528 text, "The Courtier," by an Italian author named Castiglione.
Metadata within the PDF file of a media release gave another clue – an author name of Banjo Advertising, a north Sydney advertising agency.
Students were asked to determine for an author name and a given pair of publications, if they were written by the same author or different authors.
An email address is assumed to be a good indicator that, when two publications also share an author name, that this refers to the same unique researcher.
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