diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2d78561..d942328 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "test:watch": "jest --watch",
     "start:dev": "esr src/dev.ts",
     "dev": "esr src/dev.ts",
+    "debug": "node --inspect-brk -r esbuild-runner/register ",
     "dev:watch": "ts-node-dev --respawn --no-notify src/dev.ts",
     "deps": "npm-run-all -p deps:*",
     "deps:person": "./scripts/update-person-enum.sh",
diff --git a/src/parser/__test__/feed.test.ts b/src/parser/__test__/feed.test.ts
index 1aa8400..705be16 100644
--- a/src/parser/__test__/feed.test.ts
+++ b/src/parser/__test__/feed.test.ts
@@ -763,12 +763,37 @@ describe("feed handling", () => {
         feed,
         `
         <itunes:author>Founders Fund</itunes:author>
+        `
+      );
+
+      const result = parseFeed(xml);
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty("author", ["Founders Fund"]);
+    });
+
+    it("extracts multiple authors", () => {
+      const xml = helpers.spliceFeed(
+        feed,
+        `
+        <itunes:author>Founders Fund</itunes:author>
+        <itunes:author>Person Fund</itunes:author>
+        `
+      );
 
+      const result = parseFeed(xml);
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty("author", ["Founders Fund", "Person Fund"]);
+    });
+
+    it("ignores empty nodes", () => {
+      const xml = helpers.spliceFeed(
+        feed,
+        `
+        <itunes:author></itunes:author>
+        <itunes:author>  </itunes:author>
         `
       );
 
       const result = parseFeed(xml);
-      expect(result).toHaveProperty("author", "Founders Fund");
+      expect(result).not.toHaveProperty("author");
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/parser/feed.ts b/src/parser/feed.ts
index bed3055..57d563a 100644
--- a/src/parser/feed.ts
+++ b/src/parser/feed.ts
@@ -525,11 +525,11 @@ function getPubSub(
   return { pubsub };
 }
 
-function getAuthor(feed: XmlNode): undefined | { author: string } {
-  const node = firstWithValue(feed["itunes:author"]);
+function getAuthor(feed: XmlNode): undefined | { author: string[] } {
+  const nodes = ensureArray(feed["itunes:author"]).filter((n) => getText(n));
 
-  if (node) {
-    return { author: getText(node) };
+  if (nodes.length > 0) {
+    return { author: nodes };
   }
   return undefined;
 }
diff --git a/src/parser/types.ts b/src/parser/types.ts
index 3b207e4..92493f7 100644
--- a/src/parser/types.ts
+++ b/src/parser/types.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export interface FeedObject {
   categories?: string[];
 
   pubsub?: { hub?: string; self?: string; next?: string };
-  author?: string;
+  author?: string[];
   owner?: {
     email: string;
     name: string;