The phrase "author line" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of publishing, journalism, or academic writing to refer to the line that indicates the name of the author of a piece of work.
Example: "The article featured an author line at the top, clearly stating that it was written by Jane Doe."
Alternatives: "byline" or "author credit".
It's not practical to list every affiliation of an author like Mr. Feldstein, he said, and he questioned whether changing Mr. Jorisch's author line would have improved it.
There is no doubt that "sufficient" or "adequate" disclosure of affiliations and financial interests, in the italicized author line accompanying an Op-Ed piece, is useful to readers who want to understand a contributor's bias and its source.
Jack Corbett, of Portland, Ore., argued that the affiliation should have been mentioned because, among other reasons, the author line should speak to the writer's current activity, not something from the past.
An Op-Ed article by Avi Jorisch ("To Punish Iran, Seize Its Embassy," Aug. 2) brought complaints that the author line, which identified Mr. Jorisch as a former Treasury Department official and the author of a book on money laundering and terrorism finance, should have noted that he was the founder of the Red Cell Intelligence Group, a consulting firm that specializes in counterterrorism.
Some readers want to see a more exhaustive bio, not merely what's in the author line — in the case of Mr. Feldstein, for example, that he is a Harvard economics professor who was a chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Reagan.
The sixth author line is smaller than the fifth line and they are far from each other.
Men attended, but only women and guest author lined up for photographer Jakob Margolis.
Mr. Rosenthal told me the author lines are crafted for "clarity, transparency and brevity".
In print, besides noting prominent past achievements, author lines should include the writer's current paid role, as it did for Mr. Bryce but often doesn't do.
Sherese worked on creating the author line-up and getting the word out to the Queens literary community.
Sherese and I worked ourselves to the bone for six months straight; I was pregnant at the time with my second child and would stay up till 4am or 5am to make sure emails were sent and fundraising packages were sent, logistics was in order, advertising and marketing was ready, and the author line-up was perfect.
