Death of an Author may refer to:
Death of an Author (Lorac novel), a 1935 detective novel Death of an Author (Rhode novel), a 1947 detective novel "The Death of the Author", a 1967 critical essay by Roland Barthes Death of an Author (novella), a 2023 crime novella by Stephen Marche Death of the Author (novel), a 2025 Africanfuturist novel by Nnedi Okorafor