The phrase "author criticised" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the actions or opinions of an author who has faced criticism for their work or ideas.
Example: "The author criticised the prevailing theories in her latest book, sparking a heated debate among scholars."
Alternatives: "author condemned" or "author rebuked".
It is also funny, in parts unintentionally, as when the author criticises the Greenlanders for their promiscuity while freely partaking of it.
The writing is one of intense self-interrogation where the author criticises the beliefs of all contemporaneous religions while decrying the contamination in the original Jain beliefs due to external cultural influences, such as the practice of violent and bloody rituals and the caste system.
Some authors criticised poor compliance of the surveillance colonoscopy.
All authors criticised drafts of the paper, and JK was responsible for subsequent collation of inputs and redrafting.
The authors criticised that we applied a principal component analysis (PCA) to separate the track sets, although the tracks of the same clouded leopard were not independent.
The authors criticise the current system for rewarding failure and focusing on cost, rather than value.
The authors criticise Mugabe's economic mismanagement, which led to hyperinflation between 2005 and 2008.
Amazon has hit back after an open letter from more than 900 authors criticising its licensing dispute with publisher Hachette, which was published as an ad in the New York Times.
The authors criticise the way in which doctors routinely took human material from dead children for a variety of purposes and kept large collections without the knowledge of parents or the public.
The authors criticise the Social Jobs Application, which tends to yield inconsistent and ineffective results and does not appear to add much to what is already available on job portals.
