Book or Article with Two or Three Authors
MLA:
Faulkner, Wendy, and Erik Arnold. Smothered by Invention. London: Pluto, 1985.
[first author by last name, second author by first name, linked with “and.”]APA:
Faulkner, W., & Arnold, E. (1985). Smothered by invention. London: Pluto.
[both authors by last name, initial, with ampersand.]Chicago:
11. Faulkner and Arnold, Smothered by Invention, 41.
[fn. #.] [authors’ last names, title, page quoted.]
[Shortened Chicago reference; see More Notes on Chicago Style for more information.]
List the authors’ names in the order they appear on the book’s title page, not in alphabetical order. (After the authors’ names, follow the other instructions on this website for the type of book or article you’re citing.)
Note: MLA style lists the second author by first name, and employs the full word “and” instead of the ampersand (&) used in APA style. Chicago style uses last names only for the footnote, with “and,” and follows MLA instructions for the Bibliography. See More Notes on Chicago Style for more information.
Note, also: When there are four or more authors, MLA style uses a different format to list them. (See Book or Article with Four or More Authors.)
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