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Discover LudwigThe phrase "female author" is correct and commonly used in written English.
You can use it whenever you need to specify that the author of a book or piece of writing is a woman. Example: "The latest best-selling novel was written by a talented female author."
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– female author.
Five years ago, VS Naipaul said there was no living female author who was his equal.
Bertha Muzzy Bower was perhaps the first female author of mass-market Western fiction.
In 1991, not a single female author was shortlisted for the prize.
They had all graduated in Advanced Pretension, especially to an aspiring female author in her teens.
… Having picked this top 10, I realise there isn't a single female author among them.
Here she writes about a female author teaching a writing course in Crete.
WHY THEY CHOSE IT: "We wanted a quick read for our summer selection by a female author.
A female author is not simply an equal but inaccurate interlocutor in shared debate, but belittled as aggressive or awful.
A registered writers' charity, they're offering one pre-contracted female author rent-free accommodation in leafy Clifford Chambers.
The work is often credited as the first American full-length detective novel, by a male or female author.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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