diff --git a/layouts/partials/author.html b/layouts/partials/author.html
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+++ b/layouts/partials/author.html
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+{{- if or .Params.author site.Params.author }}
+{{- $author := (.Params.author | default site.Params.author) }}
+{{- if reflect.IsMap $author }}
+{{- $author.name }}
+{{- else if (or (eq (printf "%T" $author) "[]string") (eq (printf "%T" $author) "[]interface {}")) }}
+{{- (delimit $author ", " ) }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- $author }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end -}}