Authors develop original written materials for books, magazines, trade journals, online publications, company newsletters, radio and television broadcasts, motion pictures, and advertisements." There are generally two classifications for authors: fiction and nonfiction. Even more specifically, writers are identified by the kind of writing they do. For example, novelists, biographers and playwrights are different forms of specialized authors. They may be requested by a sponsor to write a piece or they may fall under contract to write a novel through a proposal.
