one author only vs only one author

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'One author only' emphasizes that there is just one author, while 'only one author' emphasizes the fact that there is just a single author. The choice between them depends on the emphasis you want to give in your sentence.

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one author only

This phrase is correct and can be used to emphasize that there is just one author.

This phrase is used to stress the fact that there is only a single author involved in a particular context.

Examples:

This book was written by one author only.
The article was penned by one author only.

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But then one author arrived, and he changed the game forever.
But then one author arrived, and he changed the game forever.
Madam President, rapporteur and Commissioner, this report is a tragic tale about a fish which one author has quoted as literally changing the world in the past thousand years.
However, an in vitro study revealed cross-resistance between cladribine and nitrogen mustard (chlormethine); for cytarabine, one author has described an in vivo cross-reaction without loss of activity.
So here's to Banner House's new number-one author... and our new number-one editor.
And we started to read, and we'd read one author, then another author, and by reading such short poems, they all began to realize that what the poetic language did was to break a certain logic, and create another system.
'Cause he's a celeb author with only one best seller.
Mr Watt, you should know that the Rules of Procedure state that only one or two other Members are entitled to put supplementaries in addition to the author of the question.
As for the conditions that exist in, say, the Czech Republic, I know of only one solitary author who is 'allowed' to be a professional artist.
Not when the Author is the only one who can give me what I want.
The authors of the measures under discussion are aware that the EU covers only one half of Europe's geographical area.
We must bear in mind that authors of plastic works, unlike authors of literary, musical and audiovisual works, only have one main source of income: the initial income from their creations.
Tomorrow's session will be hosted by the one and only, Thomas Friedken, author of... "The Secret of Now."
The Bontempi report has the merit of establishing the broad outlines of a comprehensive anti-corruption policy, and I congratulate its author for having attempted this integrated and coherent approach which is the only one likely to succeed.
The report's authors see cooperation among states and a Euro-Mediterranean partnership as one of the keys to this long-term security, not only for the Maghreb countries, but for the region as a whole.
author, (PL) Mr President, most of the political prisoners held in Belarus were recently released, in fact nearly all of them were, with only one exception.
Environmental researcher (Author "Comfortably Unaware") Fishing not only depletes the species, it leads to serial depletion, where one species is minimised and the industry moves on to the next species.
author. - Mr President, when in 1958, France agreed to self-determination for its West African colonies, Guinea was the only one to decide in favour of immediate and complete independence.
author. - Mr President, I should like to welcome the Commissioner to the world of politics, where no one is interested in what the Commission gets right, but is only interested in what it gets wrong.

Alternatives:

sole author
single author only
only one writer
just one author
one author exclusively

only one author

This phrase is also correct and can be used to emphasize that there is just a single author.

This phrase is used to highlight the fact that there is only one author involved in a specific situation.