: 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
coauthortransitive 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
… accepting coauthorship on studies to which they did not significantly contribute. Mary Murray
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebMcNamara was a coauthor, along with six other medical and legal experts, of a report in May that criticized the scientific claims used as justification to criminalize medical treatment for transgender youth in Texas and Alabama.WIRED, 31 Aug. 2022 Burnout is typically sneakier than that, says psychologist Michael Leiter, PhD, a leading researcher on the topic and coauthor of the forthcoming book The Burnout Challenge: Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs. Dianna Mazzone, Allure, 19 Aug. 2022 Allen Hamburger, a coauthor, with his wife, of Alinea’s Zero, tells me that at Alinea and its cocktail bar, The Aviary, the clientele had been demanding nonalcoholic cocktails for years. Tamar Adler, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2022 Isaac Fitzgerald is the author of the bestselling children’s book, How to Be a Pirate, and coauthor of Pen & Ink and Knives & Ink, two books about tattoos and the people who wear them. Michael Klein, SPIN, 18 Aug. 2022 Fraser Howie, an independent financial analyst and coauthor of Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China’s Extraordinary Rise, agrees. Clay Chandler, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2022 In a 1993 study for the federal government, Gleick and coauthor Linda Nash examined the threat climate change posed for the river and warned that the water supply would be very sensitive to rising temperatures. Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022 Novak: Changing your nots into not yets is the favorite reframing tool of my coauthor Jason Goldsmith. Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 17 May 2022 Paul and study coauthor Rob Ferl, distinguished professor of horticultural sciences at the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, wanted to take things a step further and see if seeds would grow in lunar soil. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 May 2022 See More