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The Author

The Author is the journal of the Society of Authors, a UK-based society for professional writers.

Publication History

The Author was founded in 1890 by Walter Besant. It is still published today.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1890-1892, 1894-1898, 1900-1901, 1906-1911: HathiTrust has volumes 1-2, 5-8, 11-12, and 17-22. Access to volumes after 1900 may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1892-1893: HathiTrst has volume 3, covering June 1892 through May 1893.
• 1898-1899: HathiTrust also has volume 9, covering June 1898 to May 1899.
• 1906-1907: The Internet Archive has volume 17, covering October 1906 to July 1907.
• 1907-1908: The Internet Archive has volume 18, covering October 1907 to July 1908.
• 1925-1929: HathiTrust has volumes 36-39 freely readable online. Access may be restricted outside the United States. Some later volumes may be searchable but not readable online here.

Official Site / Current Material

• The Society of Authors page for The Author has more information about the journal, information on subscribing, and some sample articles.

Related Resources

• We also list issues of an American writer's magazine called The Author that started around the same time as this one, but only lasted a few years.

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