Newscoop\Entity\Repository\AuthorRepository::getAuthor PHP Method

    public function getAuthor($id)
    {
        $em = $this->getEntityManager();
        $queryBuilder = $em->getRepository('Newscoop\\Entity\\Author')->createQueryBuilder('a');
        $queryBuilder->where('a.id = :id')->setParameter('id', $id);
        $query = $queryBuilder->getQuery();
        return $query;
    }