diff --git a/db_author.c b/db_author.c
index 9e8ac9e..61b4fe4 100644
--- a/db_author.c
+++ b/db_author.c
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 #define STMT_PAGE " LIMIT ? OFFSET ?"
 #define STMT_AUTHORS0 "SELECT authors.id, authors.name, count(book) as count FROM authors, books_authors_link "\
     "WHERE authors.id = books_authors_link.author GROUP BY author "
+#define STMT_AUTHORS_SEARCH "SELECT id, name FROM authors WHERE "
+#define STMT_SEARCH_TERM " sort like ? "
+#define STMT_BOOL_AND " AND " 
+#define STMT_BOOL_OR  " OR "
+#define STMT_SEARCH_ORDER " ORDER BY sort"
 
 enum    stmt {
   STMT_AUTHORS_ID_ASC,
@@ -198,3 +203,50 @@ db_authors_load(struct kreq *r, AuthorAdv **authors, const char *sort, const cha
   return count;
 }
 
+int
+db_authors_search(struct kreq *r, int limit, Author** authors, const char **terms, int num, int all)
+{
+  if (limit < 0) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  struct ksqlstmt *stmt;
+  int i, count = 0;
+
+  size_t sqlsz = sizeof(STMT_AUTHORS_SEARCH)
+    + num * sizeof(STMT_SEARCH_TERM)
+    + (num-1) * sizeof(STMT_BOOL_AND)
+    + sizeof(STMT_SEARCH_ORDER);
+  char *sql = kcalloc(sqlsz, sizeof(char));
+  strlcat(sql, STMT_AUTHORS_SEARCH, sqlsz);
+  for (i=0; i<num; i++) {
+    strlcat(sql, STMT_SEARCH_TERM, sqlsz);
+    if (i<num-1 && all)
+      strlcat(sql, STMT_BOOL_AND, sqlsz);
+    if (i<num-1 && !all)
+      strlcat(sql, STMT_BOOL_OR, sqlsz);
+  }
+  strlcat(sql, STMT_SEARCH_ORDER, sqlsz);
+
+  debug(r, "SQL: %s", sql);
+  ksql_stmt_alloc(r->arg, &stmt, sql, 0);
+  for (i=0; i<num; i++) {
+    size_t sz = 3 + strlen(terms[i]);
+    char *term = kcalloc(sz, sizeof(char));
+    strlcat(term, "\%", sz);
+    strlcat(term, terms[i], sz);
+    strlcat(term, "\%", sz);
+    ksql_bind_str(stmt, i, term);
+  }
+  while (KSQL_ROW == ksql_stmt_step(stmt)) {
+    if (count < limit) {
+      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;
+}
+
diff --git a/extern.h b/extern.h
index a77a15d..e5a261f 100644
--- a/extern.h
+++ b/extern.h
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ void db_book_fill(Book *book, struct ksqlstmt *stmt);
 struct bookauth * db_load_books_authors(BookAdv **books, int count, struct ksqlstmt *stmt);
 void db_assign_book_authors(struct bookauth *list);
 
+int    db_authors_search(struct kreq *r, int limit, Author** authors, const char **terms, int num, int all);
 void db_author_unfill(Author *p);
 AuthorFull *db_author_load(struct kreq *r, int64_t id);
 int    db_authors_load(struct kreq *r, AuthorAdv **authors, const char *sort, const char *order,
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ int    db_authors_load(struct kreq *r, AuthorAdv **authors, const char *sort, co
 void   db_author_free(Author *p);
 void   db_author_adv_free(AuthorAdv *p);
 
-int    db_series_search(struct kreq *r, int limit, Series** books, const char **terms, int num, int all);
+int    db_series_search(struct kreq *r, int limit, Series** series, const char **terms, int num, int all);
 void db_series_unfill(Series *p);
 int    db_series_load(struct kreq *r, SeriesAdv **series, const char *sort, const char *order,
     int limit, int offset);
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 6704d6e..413c948 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ sendauthors(struct kreq *r)
   int per = initperpage(r);
   const char* sort = initsort(r);
   const char* order = initorder(r);
+  size_t termz = inittermz(r);
   int64_t id = idfrompath(r);
 
   http_open(r, KHTTP_200);
@@ -361,6 +362,25 @@ sendauthors(struct kreq *r)
       kjson_array_close(&req);
     }
     kjson_obj_close(&req);
+  } else if (termz > 0) {
+    const char **terms = kcalloc(termz, sizeof(char *));
+    initterms(r, terms);
+    Author **authors = kcalloc(per, sizeof(Author));
+    int c = db_authors_search(r, per, authors, terms, termz, 0);
+    kjson_obj_open(&req);
+    kjson_putintp(&req, "count", c);
+    kjson_arrayp_open(&req, "authors");
+    while (i < per && i < c) {
+      kjson_obj_open(&req);
+      kjson_putintp(&req, "id", authors[i]->id);
+      kjson_putstringp(&req, "name", authors[i]->name);
+      kjson_obj_close(&req);
+      i++;
+    }
+    kjson_array_close(&req);
+    kjson_obj_close(&req);
+    free(authors);
+    free(terms);
   } else {
     kjson_array_open(&req);
     AuthorAdv **authors = kcalloc(per, sizeof(AuthorAdv));