A Thought About Authors

I just had a thought about the difference between fiction and non-fiction authors. Berrett-Koehler publishes only non-fiction authors and so my observations are coming from this limited experience. I always thought of authors as artists. Their craft being language, of course. It is easy to see that fiction writers are creators; they must be. They are trained in the art of language, narrative, character and much more. However, I think people don't tend to consider non-fiction books art, generally speaking. Non-fiction authors are often experts in some field other than writing. But their art is to share their knowledge and experience with the world through the written word. What renaissance men and women non-fiction authors must be!