diff --git a/src/Writer/Version1/Renderer.php b/src/Writer/Version1/Renderer.php
index ad18493..9f3798b 100644
--- a/src/Writer/Version1/Renderer.php
+++ b/src/Writer/Version1/Renderer.php
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ private function renderItem(Item $item)
             }, $attachments);
         }
 
+        if ($author = $item->getAuthor()) {
+            $result['author'] = $this->renderAuthor($author);
+        }
+
         if ($extensions = $item->getExtensions()) {
             foreach ($extensions as $key => $extension) {
                 $result['_'.$key] = $extension;
diff --git a/test/Fixtures/authors.json b/test/Fixtures/authors.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d71946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Fixtures/authors.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+    "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1",
+    "title": "My Example Feed",
+    "feed_url": "https://example.org/feed.json",
+    "author": {
+        "name": "Global Author"
+    },
+    "items": [
+        {
+            "id": "2",
+            "content_text": "This is a second item.",
+            "url": "https://example.org/2",
+            "author": {
+                "name": "Author 2"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "1",
+            "content_html": "<p>This is the first item.</p>",
+            "url": "https://example.org/1",
+            "author": {
+                "name": "Author 1"
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/test/Reader/Version1/FeedReaderTest.php b/test/Reader/Version1/FeedReaderTest.php
index 9814799..390c073 100644
--- a/test/Reader/Version1/FeedReaderTest.php
+++ b/test/Reader/Version1/FeedReaderTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use DateTime;
 use JDecool\JsonFeed\Attachment;
+use JDecool\JsonFeed\Author;
 use JDecool\JsonFeed\Item;
 use JDecool\JsonFeed\Reader\Version1\FeedReader;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
@@ -94,6 +95,37 @@ public function testMicroblogFeed()
         $this->assertEquals($item, $items[0]);
     }
 
+    public function testAuthorsFeed()
+    {
+        $input = $this->getFixtures('authors');
+        $reader = FeedReader::create();
+
+        $feed = $reader->readFromJson($input);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('JDecool\JsonFeed\Feed', $feed);
+        $this->assertEquals('My Example Feed', $feed->getTitle());
+        $this->assertEquals('Global Author', $feed->getAuthor()->getName());
+        $this->assertEquals('https://example.org/feed.json', $feed->getFeedUrl());
+
+        $items = $feed->getItems();
+        $this->assertCount(2, $items);
+
+        $item2Author = new Author('Author 2');
+        $item2 = new Item('2');
+        $item2->setUrl('https://example.org/2');
+        $item2->setContentText('This is a second item.');
+        $item2->setAuthor($item2Author);
+        $this->assertEquals('Author 2', $item2->getAuthor()->getName());
+        $this->assertEquals($item2, $items[0]);
+
+        $item1Author = new Author('Author 1');
+        $item1 = new Item('1');
+        $item1->setUrl('https://example.org/1');
+        $item1->setContentHtml('<p>This is the first item.</p>');
+        $item1->setAuthor($item1Author);
+        $this->assertEquals('Author 1', $item1->getAuthor()->getName());
+        $this->assertEquals($item1, $items[1]);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException JDecool\JsonFeed\Exceptions\InvalidFeedException
      * @expectedExceptionMessage Invalid JSONFeed string
diff --git a/test/Writer/Version1/RendererTest.php b/test/Writer/Version1/RendererTest.php
index 4401c63..b3d47e7 100644
--- a/test/Writer/Version1/RendererTest.php
+++ b/test/Writer/Version1/RendererTest.php
@@ -93,6 +93,33 @@ public function testMicroblogFeed()
         $this->assertJsonStringEqualsJsonString($expected, $render->render($feed));
     }
 
+    public function testAuthorsFeed()
+    {
+        $feedAuthor = new Author('Global Author');
+        $feed = new Feed('My Example Feed');
+        $feed->setFeedUrl('https://example.org/feed.json');
+        $feed->setAuthor($feedAuthor);
+
+        $item2Author = new Author('Author 2');
+        $item2 = new Item('2');
+        $item2->setUrl('https://example.org/2');
+        $item2->setContentText('This is a second item.');
+        $item2->setAuthor($item2Author);
+        $feed->addItem($item2);
+
+        $item1Author = new Author('Author 1');
+        $item1 = new Item('1');
+        $item1->setUrl('https://example.org/1');
+        $item1->setContentHtml('<p>This is the first item.</p>');
+        $item1->setAuthor($item1Author);
+        $feed->addItem($item1);
+
+        $expected = $this->getFixtures('authors');
+
+        $render = new Renderer();
+        $this->assertJsonStringEqualsJsonString($expected, $render->render($feed));
+    }
+
     public function testRenderExtension()
     {
         $feed = new Feed('My Example Feed');