Distinct from the author and the narrator, the term refers to the character a reader infers from a text based on the way a literary work is written, which may or may not coincide with the author's true personality.
Distinct from the author and the narrator, the term refers to the "authorial character" that a reader infers from a text based on the way a literary work is written. The implied author may or may not coincide with the author's true personality.