author 作名詞時，意思是作者、著作家、創造者、發起人。英英釋義：The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.（一篇文章作者是寫它的人）。作動詞時，意為創作、 撰寫。英義：To author something means to be the author of it.（創作某物意味著成為它的作者。）
writer：英 [萺ajtY(r)] 美 [萺ajtZ] ，只能作名詞，意思是：作家、作者、撰寫人。英文釋義是：A writer is a person who writes books, stories, or articles as a job.（作家是作為工作寫書、故事或文章的人。
co_author 翻譯:共同作者
例句:1、She has written, both as a co-author and solo, every single song on each of them.
作為合著者以及單獨著者寫下了這些歌。
2、Another coauthor was Kai Miller, a neuroscientist at the University of Washington in Seattle.
另一名合著者是華盛頓大學西雅圖分校
Co-author 合著;合著者;共同作者，co-first author 共同第一作者。co_author一般指的是合作者，並不是第一作者
擴充套件資料:
authors與writer的區別
author 作名詞時，意思是作者、著作家、創造者、發起人。英英釋義：The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.（一篇文章作者是寫它的人）。作動詞時，意為創作、 撰寫。英義：To author something means to be the author of it.（創作某物意味著成為它的作者。）
writer：英 [萺ajtY(r)] 美 [萺ajtZ] ，只能作名詞，意思是：作家、作者、撰寫人。英文釋義是：A writer is a person who writes books, stories, or articles as a job.（作家是作為工作寫書、故事或文章的人。