diff --git a/db.c b/db.c
index 7d1f72c..38c889d 100644
--- a/db.c
+++ b/db.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ enum    stmt {
   STMT_BOOKS_COUNT,
   STMT_BOOKS_TAGS,
   STMT_BOOKS_AUTHORS,
+  STMT_AUTHORS,
   STMT__MAX
 };
 
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ static const char *const stmts[STMT__MAX] = {
   "SELECT authors.id, authors.name, books_authors_link.book as book \
     FROM authors, books_authors_link WHERE books_authors_link.author = authors.id \
     AND books_authors_link.book IN ( SELECT id FROM books ORDER BY id LIMIT ? OFFSET ?)",
+  /* STMT_AUTHORS */
+  "SELECT id, name FROM authors ORDER BY id LIMIT ? OFFSET ?", // TODO count books
 };
 
 /*
@@ -144,6 +147,12 @@ db_author_unfill(Author *p) {
   free(p->name);
 }
 
+void
+db_author_free(Author *p) {
+  db_author_unfill(p);
+  free(p);
+}
+
 static void
 db_book_data_unfill(BookData *p) {
   if (NULL == p)
@@ -500,6 +509,31 @@ db_book_load(struct kreq *r, int64_t id)
   return book;
 }
 
+int
+db_authors_load(struct kreq *r, Author **authors, int limit, int offset)
+{
+  if (limit < 0 || offset < 0) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  struct ksqlstmt *stmt;
+  int count = 0;
+
+  ksql_stmt_alloc(r->arg, &stmt, 
+            stmts[STMT_AUTHORS], 
+            STMT_AUTHORS);
+  ksql_bind_int(stmt, 0, limit);
+  ksql_bind_int(stmt, 1, offset);
+  while (KSQL_ROW == ksql_stmt_step(stmt)) {
+    authors[count] = kcalloc(1, sizeof(Author));
+    authors[count]->id = ksql_stmt_int(stmt, 0);
+    authors[count]->name =kstrdup(ksql_stmt_str(stmt, 1));
+    count++;
+  }
+  ksql_stmt_free(stmt);
+
+  return count;
+}
+
 /*
  * Open the database and stash the resulting handle in the d
  */
diff --git a/extern.h b/extern.h
index e3327b2..3802ed5 100644
--- a/extern.h
+++ b/extern.h
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ void   db_book_free(Book *p);
 void   db_book_adv_free(BookAdv *p);
 void   db_book_full_free(BookFull *p);
 
+int    db_authors_load(struct kreq *r, Author **authors, int limit, int offset);
+void   db_author_free(Author *p);
+
 void   db_series_free(Series *p);
 
 void   db_close(struct kreq *);
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index b773440..659ebcb 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -241,12 +241,25 @@ static void
 sendauthors(struct kreq *r)
 {
   struct kjsonreq    req;
+  int res, i = 0, page = 1, per = 20;
 
   http_open(r, KHTTP_200);
   kjson_open(&req, r);
-  kjson_obj_open(&req);
-  kjson_putstringp(&req, "data", "authors");
-  kjson_obj_close(&req);
+
+  kjson_array_open(&req);
+  Author **authors = kcalloc(per, sizeof(Author));
+  res = db_authors_load(r, authors, per, per * (page-1));
+  while (i < res) {
+    kjson_obj_open(&req);
+    kjson_putintp(&req, "id", authors[i]->id);
+    kjson_putstringp(&req, "name", authors[i]->name);
+    kjson_obj_close(&req);
+    db_author_free(authors[i]);
+    i++;
+  }
+  free(authors);
+  kjson_array_close(&req);
+
   kjson_close(&req);
 }