# Various authors

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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.](/source/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](/source/Latin_language) expression *auctores varii*.[1]

## See also

- [Various artists](/source/Various_artists)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["SBF Glossary: A to AAZV"](http://www.plexoft.com/SBF/A.html). Stammtisch Beau Fleuve (SBF). Retrieved May 24, 2013.

Authority control databases National Portugal Academics zbMATH Other Te Papa (New Zealand)

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