The co-author is considered one of the principal writers. This designation usually occurs when several writers are credited with working together for one book, novel or story.
Dave and Larry wrote a book together, Dave is the main author and Larry is the coauthor.
It means that they are sharing credit. There is more than one author.
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According to the sources I've found on a quick search, you should hyphenate 'coauthor', i.e., it would better be: "co-author".
The word coauthor is a noun. The plural noun is coauthors.
It means that more than one author wrote a book/article together.
Generally co-author should be hyphenated, but the relaxed rules of modern times often present coauthor as one word
Examples of co are cooperate, coworker, coauthor and so on.
johnjay
It is a confusion.
Richard P. Bland