Sarah Weinman

Former CIA employee Joseph Weisberg's 'An Ordinary Spy' may attract attention for how much it redacts - whether by authorial choice or by CIA design - but its power comes from the growing frustration Weisberg's fictional alter ego feels at a system designed to betray seeming innocents in the most casual and cruel manner possible.

American Journalist

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Transparent' was huge for me when I first saw it. I felt that, from an authorial point of view, no one was trying to sell characters to us, you know? It's the idea of not having to adore these characters and want to cuddle them; you just have to be into them and their psychology and be compelled by them.

English Actress

Marisha Pessl

I hate to think of a day where a compelling book or a compelling authorial voice would be lost simply because that person doesn't have a Web site. But I think that, to use the Internet in a positive way, to turn people on to reading, is something that authors shouldn't really shy away from necessarily.

American Writer

Terry Pratchett

Plot exposition that can be gently wound out by the authorial voice and internal monologue of a character in the length of a page has to be delivered in a matter of seconds on the stage.

English Author

Ken Loach

I hate programmes where some TV personality looks you in the eye and tells you what to think - the Andrew Marr version of history. I hate the authorial voice telling you what to think.

English Director

Ashley Zukerman

I've been very lucky with The Code' and Manhattan' in that I've been working with networks that are deeply supportive of the authorial voice.

Australian Actor

Clive Thompson

A textbook requires a consistent sense of style and a linear structure, hallmarks of a single authorial presence. An encyclopedia doesn't.

Canadian Journalist

Understanding 'authorial' here means recognizing the unique style or expression of the writer.

Literary Expression

'Authorial voice' is the personal writing style an author uses in their storytelling.

Distinct Voice

The term sometimes implies a writer's creative signature or trademark in their works.

Creative Signature

This implies the author's complete creative control over their work.

Creative Authority

Here, 'authorial' connotes the author's responsibility in communicating not just stories, but also values.

Responsible Voice

It suggests the role authors have in inventing and constructing literary worlds.

Inventive Role

 L. Frank Baum's introduction claims the book is just an innocent children's story. Could he have been deliberately throwing people off the trail? And is it fair to second guess him so many decades later? There's no definitive answer, which is part of why authorial intent