coauthor

noun

co·​au·​thor (ˌ)kō-ˈȯ-thər 

variants or co-author

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 co-author

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,"…

—Michael Tomasky

a co-authored book

coauthorship

(ˌ)kō-ˈȯ-thər-ˌship 

noun

or co-authorship

… accepting coauthorship on studies to which they did not significantly contribute.

—Mary Murray

Examples of coauthor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His coauthor, Nina Oduro, is a first-time author and long-time champion of both chefs and food from the African diaspora. —The Bon Appétit and Epicurious Staffs, Bon Appétit, 10 Dec. 2024

The coauthors' clearest conclusion was to call for cuts to burning fossil fuels to reduce overall global warming and lower the likelihood of more severe hot spots emerging. —Andrew Freedman, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024

Ethan Bernstein is the Edward W. Conard Associate Professor of Business Administration in the organizational behavior unit at Harvard Business School and a coauthor of Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career (HarperCollins, 2024). —Hannah McCormack, Harvard Business Review, 4 Nov. 2024

Fred Cohen, assistant professor of medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and a coauthor on the study with Martin, is concerned that the changing climate could directly impact migraine burden. —Grace Browne, WIRED, 20 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

coauthor

noun

co·​au·​thor

(ˈ)kō-ˈȯ-thər

: an author who works with another author