Explicit construction of entity type 'DataAccessLayer.author' in query is not allowed.

Hi experts,

What is wrong with this query

I only want to select the named columns

thnaks

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
       PubsDataContext context  = new PubsDataContext();
       var author = from a in context.authors
       select new author
       {
          au_id = a.au_id,
          au_lname = a.au_lname,
          au_fname= a.au_fname,
          state = a.state
       };
       GridView1.DataSource = author;
       GridView1.DataBind();
     
    }

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