Pliny NO. It's Tacitus. Pliny wrote Natural History
English translation by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb. I looked for the author but couldn't find it.
As'Sayyid Al'Habib Sayyidinah Shaykh Abu Bakr Ibn SalimThe Qutb of the Bani Alawi Tareeqa (Ba'Alawi)www.baalawi.com
They write books It could be any book you could imagine. Nonifiction Fantasy Fiction Play Anything!
An author is one who sets forth written statements by giving production of a story or event.