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Authors and Illustrators!

An author is the person that writes words for a book or story.

What is an author?

An illustrator is the person that creates the pictures for a book or story.

What is an illustrator?

Authors and illustrators work together to write a book. Usually, the author and illustrator are different people, but sometimes the author may also create the pictures. If the author also creates the pictures, the same person would be the author and the illustrator.