form.html

<!-- authors/templates/authors/form.html -->

<form method="POST">
    {% csrf_token %}
    {{ form.as_p }}
    <input type="submit">
</form>

forms.py

from django import forms

from .models import Author


class AuthorForm(models.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Author

models.py

from django.db import models


class Author(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    bio = models.TextField()

views.py

from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.shortcuts import render

from .forms import AuthorForm


def author_create(request):
    if request.method == 'GET':
        form = AuthorForm()
    else:
        form = AuthorForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            form.save()
            return HttpResponseRedirect('/')
    return render(request, 'authors/form.html', {'form': form})