What is "Authors" as a Library Genesis Data Objects?

"Authors" is a data object used in Library Genesis to record detailed information about authors.

"Authors" has the following main fields:

• a_id - Internal object ID of this author.
• family - The family name of this author.
• name - The given name of this author.
• canonical_name - The canonical name of this author, like K. V. Johansen.
• type - The type of this author object, p for person.
• birth_date - The birth date of this author.
• birth_place - The birth place of this author.
• date_end - The ending date of this publication series.
• editions - Links to "Editions" objects.
• works - Links to "Works" objects.

Here is an example of an "Authors" object in JSON format:

"a_id": "93436",
"family": "Johansen",
"name": "Krista",
"canonical_name": "K. V. Johansen",
"type": "p",
"birth_date": "1968-05-19",
"birth_place": "Kingston, Ontario, Canada",
"editions": {
  "2428252": {
      "title": "Torrie and the Dragonslayers"
  },
  "2427326": {
      "title": "Torrie and the Dragonslayers"
  },
  "2411979": {
      "title": "The Last Road"
  },
  "2406330": {
      "title": "The Last Road"
  },
  "2255557": {
      "title": "Gods of Nabban"
  },
  ...
},
"works": {
  "9159": {
      "title": "Torrie and the Dragon"
  },
  "84487": {
      "title": "The Wastelands: a Beginning"
  },
  "164443": {
      "title": "Pippin and the Bones"
  },
  "164444": {
      "title": "The Cassandra Virus"
  },
  ...
}

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