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Originally Posted by Fbone
I'm talking about rough drafts before they hit an editor. Authors bounce ideas around with family, friends, academics and other authors before a manuscript is completed and presented to a publisher. Most authors acknowledge these individuals in the author's notes at a book's conclusion. But an author can say this one person's input was invaluable and add them as co-author or collaborator.
The other side would have to present proof that the co-author wasn't involved in the book's creation. This would be nearly impossible decades after one author's death.
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I've certainly never heard of a situation in which someone tried to claim that a person that an author themselves claimed was a co-author actually wasn't. Have you? As you say, if the people involved are long dead, it would probably be almost impossible to prove.