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# Author

The component for adding the name of the author.

```
object Author
```

## Discussion

Use an `Author` component to include the name of one of the authors of the article. Alternatively, you can use the [`Byline`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Byline) component for adding contributors to your article.

> Note:
> This is not the same as the `authors` property in Article ``doc://com.apple.applenews/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Metadata``.

### Example

```json
{
  "components": [
    {
      "role": "title",
      "text": "Article Title"
    },
    {
      "role": "author",
      "text": "Michael Burns",
      "layout": {
        "columnStart": 0,
        "columnSpan": 7,
        "margin": {
          "top": 10,
          "bottom": 5
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Relationships

### Inherits From

[`Text`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Text)

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