As'Sayyid Al'Habib Sayyidinah Shaykh Abu Bakr Ibn SalimThe Qutb of the Bani Alawi Tareeqa (Ba'Alawi)www.baalawi.com
You become a writer, or author, when you begin to write.
Thus is an old word meaning "thats how"
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.