The expression "'''various authors'''" is used to credit creative works which are the result of a collaboration. In English it is more common to describe the authors of such a compilation collectively, for example by saying for what occasion the texts were written or by naming one writer, for example the first one in the alphabet, and then adding ''[[et al.]]''
It may be abbreviated as '''Vv.Aa.''', which is rarely used in English except by non-native speakers, who look for an exact equivalent to similar terms (usually abbreviated '''Aa.Vv.''') in Italian, Spanish, and some other languages. The expansion of the acronym is the [[Latin language|Latin]] expression ''auctores varii''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.plexoft.com/SBF/A.html|title=SBF Glossary: A to AAZV|publisher=Stammtisch Beau Fleuve (SBF)|access-date=May 24, 2013}}</ref>
== See also == * [[Various artists]]
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