coauthor
noun
co·au·thor
(ˌ)kō-ˈȯ-thər 
variants
or
plural coauthors or co-authors
: one who collaborates with another person in authoring a literary or dramatic work, a document, a legislative bill, etc.
coauthors of many books and plays
the coauthors of new legislation
coauthor
transitive verb
or
coauthored or co-authored; coauthoring or co-authoring
… he coauthored legislation … requiring the publication on the Internet of the cost of all federal contracts, grants, and congressional "earmarks,"…
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Michael Tomasky
Michael Tomasky
a co-authored book
coauthorship
noun
or
… accepting coauthorship on studies to which they did not significantly contribute.
—Mary Murray
Mary Murray
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Cheung is a coauthor of a chapter in the recent World Happiness Report, which was not a part of the Global Flourishing Study.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
Andrew Aydin, former congressional aide to the late Civil Rights icon Rep. John Lewis and coauthor of Lewis’s best-selling graphic memoir series March, also happens to be a proud third generation farmer in western North Carolina.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Tina Landau — coauthor of the musical with composer Adam Guettel, directing its first New York revival since its Off Broadway premiere in 1996 — knows how to space bodies across a stage.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
But Madhusudhan and his coauthors acknowledge that more data is needed before claiming direct evidence of life on another world.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
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Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
Andrew Aydin, former congressional aide to the late Civil Rights icon Rep. John Lewis and coauthor of Lewis’s best-selling graphic memoir series March, also happens to be a proud third generation farmer in western North Carolina.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Tina Landau — coauthor of the musical with composer Adam Guettel, directing its first New York revival since its Off Broadway premiere in 1996 — knows how to space bodies across a stage.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
But Madhusudhan and his coauthors acknowledge that more data is needed before claiming direct evidence of life on another world.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Coauthor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coauthor. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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