Berg was always blind to his real feelings, the author suggests, and nearly lost control of himself toward the end.

And yet the author never loses sight of the fact that she is a 16-year-old artist.

The world-renowned author had lost track of the manuscript - and was only able to complete it thirty years later.

From time to time, you may even feel that the author has lost track of what she means to say.

Even the author sometimes loses track of his argument.

She feels like a character whose author has lost interest in her.

The author has lost this battle with his readership.

The author lost both his parents to cancer in a span of 32 days, leaving him at 21 to raise his 8-year-old brother.

True, consumers probably save a few dollars while authors and publishers may lose some sales from a used book market.

The author had also recently lost someone close to him.