The phrase "author of the rules" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the person or entity that created or established a set of rules or guidelines.
Example: "As the author of the rules, she was responsible for ensuring that everyone understood the guidelines for the competition."
Alternatives: "creator of the rules" or "originator of the rules".
The council would probably kill the provision, and Senator Blanche Lincoln, Democrat of Arkansas, the author of the rules, said that she would fight efforts to weaken them.
Of course, Segura was more confused than the defense, so David Nemec, author of "The Rules of Baseball," an anecdotal look at baseball's rules and their origins, said the rule did not apply to the Milwaukee play.
Norman L. Eisen, the ethics lawyer when Mr. Obama arrived in the White House and the chief author of the rules that Mr. Trump is now replacing, commended much of Mr. Trump's order.
ELLEN FEIN, an author of "The Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right," dresses like a Rules Girl — in miniskirts that show off her slim legs, scoop-neck shirts, high heels and long blond hair as straight as taffy.
She's the author of "The Rules of Netiquette: How to Mind Your Manners on the Web.
Julie Spira is a netiquette and cyber-relations expert and author of The Rules of Netiquette.
Author of The Love Magnet Rules, dating after divorce expert.
Chad Stone is the author of The Love Magnet Rules and Confessions of a Middle-Aged Babe Magnet.
He is the author of The Rule of Logistics: Walmart and the Architecture of Fulfillment (University of Minnesota Press, 2016) and an associate professor of architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
"By having the traditionalists on his right flank, it gives Benedict a lot more room to push his conservative view of Vatican Council II without seeming like an archconservative himself," said David Gibson, the author of "The Rule of Benedict: Pope Benedict XVI and His Battle With the Modern World".
Walter Olson is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the author of The Rule of Lawyers and other books.
