Right tense: Andrew wrote on supernatural in his latest book

[Bulone]

1)"Andrew wrote on supernatural in his latest book"
2)"Andrew have written on supernatural in his latest book"
Can anyone tell me what is the correct tense to use in this kind of context?

[Kitosdad]

Bulone, you are omitting the article.

1)"Andrew wrote about the supernatural in his latest book"
2)"Andrew has written of the supernatural in his latest book"
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[Esl_Expert]

Hello Bulone,
Kitosdad has provided you with some necessary improvements for your two sentences.

[Bulone]

@esl_expert
I'm using this sentence as a a part of conversation on authors. So if I want to talk about latest book of particular author, I should use present perfect. Is that what you mean?

@kitosdad
Are both tenses correct in both situations?

[Alan]

Hi Bulone,

Both forms (present perfect/past simple) are fine in those sentences: He has written about the supernatural in his latest book/He wrote about the supernatural in his latest book.

There is a subtle difference if you really want to look for one. 'Has written' suggests the book is here and we are talking about it now. 'Wrote' suggests that the book isn't here right now and you are referring back to when you first saw/heard of the book.

Alan
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[Bulone]

^^Thanks for thorough explanation. :)