The phrase "author for the first" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to the first author in a list of contributors, but it lacks clarity and context.
Example: "The author for the first paper in the series is Dr. Smith."
Alternatives: "first author" or "primary author".
The process of becoming a published author for the first time holds only a few mysteries.
The Obscene Publications Act criminalised the intent of the author for the first time, asking: did the author intend to inflame improper passions?
According to Dahl's biographer, Donald Sturrock, his editor was so dismayed by the manuscript that the author, for the first time in his career, had to beg him for a response.
THE GOOD LIST: Six novels, three marriages and two decades since his publishing debut, Jay McInerney hits a new milestone this week: he becomes a New York Times best-selling author for the first time.
In America, bumper stickers, a cookbook and Charlton Heston promoted his fame; here, the British Library honoured a living author for the first time ever by publishing a bibliography of his work.
Also in 1965 Strauss's The Political Philosophy of Hobbes was published, with a new preface by the author, for the first time in German.
Join Tom Beresford, a Stanford Stegner Poetry Fellow and published poet and author, for the Eighth Annual Verse Seminar before the play, at no charge.
Though his top-ranking novel only takes sixth place in the chart, the American thriller writer - known for his staccato style and prolific output - has retained the crown of the UK's most borrowed author for the second year running.
Few make it higher than mid-table, however, and it's in library loans that he's pre-eminent, Britain's most-borrowed author for the fifth consecutive year.
Lovers of tradition and continuity will like the fact that James Patterson is the UK's most borrowed author for the seventh year running, scoring 15 entries in the top 100.
High: As of next summer, you will be a book author for the third time.
