Under what conditions does an author become recognized as a writer in the literary scene? In this volume, authorship stagings will be understood as part of an 'author' subject form. The contributions thereby combine reflections on authorship with the currently much-discussed Subjectivization Theory for the first time. Following up on the 'return of the author' into the discussion of literary criticism, this debate will enrich contributions to production practices in a variety of media formats (e.g., homepages, TV-appearances, documentaries) and historic contexts.