diff --git a/_includes/author-profile.html b/_includes/author-profile.html
index bd560f7..8dc59fe 100644
--- a/_includes/author-profile.html
+++ b/_includes/author-profile.html
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 {% assign author = page.author | default: page.authors[0] | default: site.author %}
+{% if site.authors|where:"title",author|first %}
+{% assign author = site.authors|where:"title",author|first %}
+{% else %}
 {% assign author = site.data.authors[author] | default: author %}
+{% endif %}
 
 <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">