Author can be an another word for writer
There is no bold portion in the sentence you gave
I would add some kind of punctuation between you and said.
I will prepare an excellent meal for you. Said the cook.
The name of chapters, and the titles of songs, articles, and short stories. Quotation marks are used when something is part of something else, for example a chapter is part of a book therefore quotation marks would be used when referring to a chapter of a book.
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The word would be are but it does all but one.
