What Is An Author?

I read the reading ‘What Is an Author’ written by Michel Foucault. After I read, I tried to find the information about the author’s life on the internet. He showed very variety of faces on his works. The topic of his writings was very funny and attractive. He did not use the difficult words, and it made people to read more of his book in current society.
The writing ‘What Is an Author’ was something telling us about the meaning of the author. That was like a formula that readers can understand who is an author, and what we need to be an author. He shows us how to write if I want to be called an Author.
I am not an writer, but I could little bit understand the function of an author. This reading would help me a lot when I write anything in my life.