From a3e21392944b65eb19ddc794ec69dac67336c298 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pat Hawks <pat@pathawks.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 13:13:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Site author should utilize author reference

---
 lib/jekyll-feed/feed.xml | 17 +++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/jekyll-feed/feed.xml b/lib/jekyll-feed/feed.xml
index 5fafaa15..d31c6868 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll-feed/feed.xml
+++ b/lib/jekyll-feed/feed.xml
@@ -19,14 +19,19 @@
     <subtitle>{{ site.description | xml_escape }}</subtitle>
   {% endif %}
 
-  {% if site.author %}
+  {% assign feed_author = site.author | default: site.authors[0] %}
+  {% if site.data.authors %}
+    {% assign feed_author = site.data.authors[author] | default: site.author %}
+  {% endif %}
+
+  {% if feed_author %}
     <author>
-        <name>{{ site.author.name | default: site.author | xml_escape }}</name>
-      {% if site.author.email %}
-        <email>{{ site.author.email | xml_escape }}</email>
+        <name>{{ feed_author.name | default: feed_author | xml_escape }}</name>
+      {% if feed_author.email %}
+        <email>{{ feed_author.email | xml_escape }}</email>
       {% endif %}
-      {% if site.author.uri %}
-        <uri>{{ site.author.uri | xml_escape }}</uri>
+      {% if feed_author.uri %}
+        <uri>{{ feed_author.uri | xml_escape }}</uri>
       {% endif %}
     </author>
   {% endif %}