| cookbook author | 7.24 | Cookbook authors. | ||
| study author | 1.32 | The study authors said there are grounds to be optimistic. | ||
| book author | 1.18 | Interview with book authors. | ||
| celebrity author | 1.18 | Celebrity authors, though, do much better. | ||
| first-time author | 0.79 | Big publishers dream about first-time authors like Benjamin Kaplan. | ||
| horror author | 0.46 | John Saul is an enjoyable horror author who generally turns out good stories. | ||
| science-fiction author | 0.39 | A support beam displays the autographs of visiting science-fiction authors. | ||
| self-help author | 0.39 | Best-selling, self-help author Iyanla Vanzant can teach empowerment even with a nursery rhyme. | ||
| woman author | 0.39 | Two women authors offer their tips and recipes for the single person. | ||
| software author | 0.33 | Software authors follow the chips. | ||
| blockbuster author | 0.26 | And a brand name, other than that of a blockbuster author, does not help. | ||
| business author | 0.26 | Fame stung this business dean turned author. | ||
| guidebook author | 0.26 | McMartin is the most prolific, best-known and most authoritative Adirondack guidebook author in the past half-century. | ||
| minority author | 0.26 | Mission senior Fatima Matuu said reading books by minority authors adds perspective. | ||
| mystery author | 0.26 | Yet Patterson bristles at comparisons to other mystery authors. | ||
| report author | 0.26 | The report authors say the very existence of the rankings improved overall airline quality. | ||
| shareware author | 0.26 | Jumbo makes its money from the shareware authors. | ||
| time author | 0.26 | Still to come on Central News, the first time author set to make millions. |