bookwright means A maker or writer of books; an author. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “bookwright” is a great word
BOOKWRIGHT — [Noun] A maker or writer of books; an author. From book + wright ("a maker or builder"), first attested in 1583 in the writing of W. Rainolds. Unlike author, which claims the intellectual genesis of a work, or scribe, which denotes the sacred labor of its transcription, bookwright carries the scent of the workshop—the glue-pot, the stitching of a signature, and the steady rasp of the quill. It is the quiet dignity of giving ideas a body, built to endure, shelf by lonely shelf.
Etymology
From book + wright.
noun
- A maker or writer of books; an author.“This is truly to be Carnifex papiri, A murderer of paper, as [Matthias Flacius] Illyricus cõmonly calleth the Zuinglians. this is in deede to be Miſerabilis librifex, A miſerable bookevvright, as [Martin] Luther malapertly nameth king Henry [VIII], a learned prince and of famous memory.”