diff --git a/classes/RssFetcher.php b/classes/RssFetcher.php
index f62e804..5b39b7b 100644
--- a/classes/RssFetcher.php
+++ b/classes/RssFetcher.php
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+use Laminas\Feed\Reader\Entry\EntryInterface;
 use Laminas\Feed\Reader\Entry\Rss;
+use Laminas\Feed\Reader\Feed\FeedInterface;
 use Laminas\Feed\Reader\Reader;
 use October\Rain\Support\Traits\Singleton;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
@@ -92,7 +94,8 @@ private function fetchSource(Source $source): void
                 'category' => implode(', ', $item->getCategories()->getValues()),
                 'comments' => $item->getCommentLink(),
                 'pub_date' => $dateCreated !== null ? $item->getDateCreated()->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') : null,
-                'is_published' => (bool) $source->getAttribute('publish_new_items')
+                'is_published' => (bool) $source->getAttribute('publish_new_items'),
+                'author' => $this->getAuthor($channel, $item),
             ];
 
             $enclosure = $item->getEnclosure();
@@ -103,10 +106,6 @@ private function fetchSource(Source $source): void
                 $attributes['enclosure_type'] = $enclosure->type ?? null;
             }
 
-            if ($item->getAuthors() !== null && is_array($item->getAuthors())) {
-                $attributes['author'] = implode(', ', $item->getAuthors());
-            }
-
             try {
                 Item::query()->updateOrCreate(
                     [
@@ -128,6 +127,29 @@ private function fetchSource(Source $source): void
         $source->save();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param FeedInterface $feed
+     * @param EntryInterface $entry
+     * @return string|null
+     */
+    private function getAuthor(FeedInterface $feed, EntryInterface $entry): ?string
+    {
+        $result = null;
+        $author = $entry->getAuthor();
+
+        if ($author === null || empty($author)) {
+            $author = $feed->getAuthor();
+        }
+
+        if (is_array($author)) {
+            $result = $author['name'] ?? null;
+        } elseif (is_string($author)) {
+            $result = $author;
+        }
+
+        return $result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param int|null $sourceId
      * @return Collection
diff --git a/updates/version.yaml b/updates/version.yaml
index 5f7ea06..b824d3d 100644
--- a/updates/version.yaml
+++ b/updates/version.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
     - 20200206_0006_remove_unique_constraint_from_items.php
 2.0.0:
     - "Replace Zend Framework with Laminas and added events"
+2.1.0: "Fix Author parsing for Atom/RSS feeds"