Сначала создайте таблицу, затем попробуйте выполнить вставку в select.
CREATE TABLE writers
(
authorid <datatype>,
last name <datatype>,
first name <datatype>,
isbn <datatype>,
title <datatype>,
CONSTRAINT wt_pk PRIMARY KEY (authorid),
CONSTRAINT wt_nn NOT NULL (title),
CONSTRAINT wt_fk FOREIGN KEY (isbn) REFERENCES books (isbn)
) ;
insert into writers (authorid, last name, first name, isbn, title)
SELECT authorid, fname, lname, isbn, title
FROM author
JOIN bookauthor USING (authorid)
JOIN books USING (isbn);