diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c200c9d..9a89a197 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Content pages are Markdown with YAML front matter and can be corrected by hand,
     make post NAME=my-title
 
 creates `content/post/<today>-my-title.md` (any `.md` file in `content/post/` is a post). The
-date comes from the file name unless `date:` is set; `author:` is optional. For a banner, put an
+date comes from the file name unless `date:` is set; `author:` is optional; the name
+links to `/author/<name>/`, which lists all posts by that author. For a banner, put an
 image under `static/media/` and set `banner: /media/....jpg`. Write the text in Markdown and
 remove `draft: true` to publish. The five most recent posts appear on the home page with their
 banner, date, author and summary (`summary:` in the front matter, or the text before
diff --git a/hugo.toml b/hugo.toml
index 66f5a25c..a9e05fa7 100644
--- a/hugo.toml
+++ b/hugo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ locale = "en"
 disableKinds = ["rss", "sitemap"]
 # pages keep working when the site is served from a sub-directory
 relativeURLs = true
+# keep author names and taxonomy terms as written (olipix, not Olipix)
+capitalizeListTitles = false
 
 # a post named 2026-10-11-my-title.md gets its date from the file name (and the URL /post/my-title/)
 [frontmatter]
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ relativeURLs = true
   topic = "topics"
   rubric = "rubrics"
   collection = "collections"
+  # posts: `author: name` in the front matter; all posts of an author at /author/name/
+  author = "author"
 
 [menus]
   [[menus.main]]
diff --git a/layouts/_partials/post-summary.html b/layouts/_partials/post-summary.html
index c4849f94..9b912a7e 100644
--- a/layouts/_partials/post-summary.html
+++ b/layouts/_partials/post-summary.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   {{ end }}
   <div>
     <h3><a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">{{ .Title }}</a></h3>
-    <p class="meta">{{ if not .Date.IsZero }}<time datetime="{{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02" }}">{{ .Date.Format "2 January 2006" }}</time>{{ end }}{{ with .Params.author }}{{ if not $.Date.IsZero }} · {{ end }}{{ . }}{{ end }}</p>
+    <p class="meta">{{ if not .Date.IsZero }}<time datetime="{{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02" }}">{{ .Date.Format "2 January 2006" }}</time>{{ end }}{{ with .GetTerms "author" }}{{ if not $.Date.IsZero }} · {{ end }}{{ partial "terms.html" (dict "page" $ "taxonomy" "author") }}{{ end }}</p>
     <div class="summary">{{ .Summary }}</div>
     {{ if .Truncated }}<p><a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">Read more →</a></p>{{ end }}
   </div>
diff --git a/layouts/_partials/taxonomy-label.html b/layouts/_partials/taxonomy-label.html
index 5a2de87a..b0639394 100644
--- a/layouts/_partials/taxonomy-label.html
+++ b/layouts/_partials/taxonomy-label.html
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-{{- $labels := dict "category" "category" "type" "type" "origin" "country" "year" "year" "cpu" "CPU" "tag" "software tag" "topic" "topic" "rubric" "rubric" "collection" "collection" -}}
+{{- $labels := dict "category" "category" "type" "type" "origin" "country" "year" "year" "cpu" "CPU" "tag" "software tag" "topic" "topic" "rubric" "rubric" "collection" "collection" "author" "author" -}}
 {{- index $labels . | default . -}}
diff --git a/layouts/author/taxonomy.html b/layouts/author/taxonomy.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8100d60f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/author/taxonomy.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{{ define "title" }}Authors · {{ site.Title }}{{ end }}
+{{ define "main" }}
+<p class="crumbs">{{ with site.GetPage "/post" }}<a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">{{ .Title }}</a>{{ end }}</p>
+<h1>Authors</h1>
+<ul class="columns">
+  {{ range .Data.Terms.Alphabetical }}
+  <li><a href="{{ .Page.RelPermalink }}">{{ .Page.LinkTitle }}</a> <small>({{ .Count }})</small></li>
+  {{ end }}
+</ul>
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/author/term.html b/layouts/author/term.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..593c27d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/author/term.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{{ define "title" }}Posts by {{ .Title }} · {{ site.Title }}{{ end }}
+{{ define "main" }}
+<p class="crumbs">{{ with site.GetPage "/post" }}<a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">{{ .Title }}</a>{{ end }} › <a href="{{ .Parent.RelPermalink }}">Authors</a></p>
+<h1>Posts by {{ .Title }}</h1>
+<div class="posts">
+  {{ range .Pages.ByDate.Reverse }}{{ partial "post-summary.html" . }}{{ end }}
+</div>
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/post/single.html b/layouts/post/single.html
index bcef5c46..d3c1678d 100644
--- a/layouts/post/single.html
+++ b/layouts/post/single.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <article class="post">
   <p class="crumbs"><a href="{{ .Parent.RelPermalink }}">{{ .Parent.Title }}</a></p>
   <h1>{{ .Title }}</h1>
-  <p class="meta">{{ if not .Date.IsZero }}<time datetime="{{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02" }}">{{ .Date.Format "2 January 2006" }}</time>{{ end }}{{ with .Params.author }}{{ if not $.Date.IsZero }} · {{ end }}{{ . }}{{ end }}</p>
+  <p class="meta">{{ if not .Date.IsZero }}<time datetime="{{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02" }}">{{ .Date.Format "2 January 2006" }}</time>{{ end }}{{ with .GetTerms "author" }}{{ if not $.Date.IsZero }} · {{ end }}{{ partial "terms.html" (dict "page" $ "taxonomy" "author") }}{{ end }}</p>
   {{ with partial "banner.html" (dict "page" . "width" 1000) }}<img class="post-banner" src="{{ . }}" alt="">{{ end }}
   <div class="content">{{ .Content }}</div>
   <nav class="prev-next">