coauthor

[koh-aw-ther, koh-aw-]

noun

1. one of two or more joint authors. author.

verb (used with object)

1. to write in joint authorship.

coauthor

/ kəʊˈɔːθə /

noun

1. a person who shares the writing of a book, article, etc, with another

verb

1. (tr) to be the joint author of (a book, article, etc)

Word History and Origins

Origin of coauthor¹

First recorded in 1860–65; co- + author

Example Sentences

“It came as a surprise that you could get such a long rupture,” said Jean-Philippe Avouac, a coauthor of the study and a professor of geology and mechanical and civil engineering at Caltech.

From Los Angeles Times

Andrews was a coauthor of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness, a declaration signed last April by a long list of animal consciousness, philosophy, neuroscience and cognitive science luminaries at New York University.

From Salon

I have already written one cookbook as a coauthor called Mexican Food: The Ultimate Cookbook by Cidermillpress.

From Salon

“This really surprised us,” said study coauthor James Paulson, a biochemist and molecular biologist.

From Los Angeles Times

Another coauthor on the preprint, Thomas Martinez, a protein biochemist at the University of California, Irvine, and his team are chasing down tiny proteins involved in pancreatic cancer and metabolic diseases.

From Science Magazine