Never in the history of the novel have authors given their characters such a hard time.

But the study's authors did not give a number of deaths.

How should authors give credit for such material, if at all?

Any author of note passing through town gives a talk here.

The author gave his share of the profits to charity.

The author gives an example of the law in his original essay.

The author did not give him a chance to bogey.

The author of the text does not give himself a family name.

The author might have given the rights to, for instance, a publisher.

The author of the report, however, does not give any evidence to support this.