diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index deebff75..78cee2d6 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ collections:
     permalink: "/:title"
   repo:
     output: true
-    custom_permalink_placeholders: ["publisher"]
-    #permalink: "/:publisher/:title"
+    permalink: ":author/:title"
   news:
     output: true
     permalink: /news/:year/:month/:day/:title
diff --git a/_plugins/author_permalink.rb b/_plugins/author_permalink.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50da7af1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_plugins/author_permalink.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module Jekyll
+    module Drops
+      class UrlDrop < Drop
+        def author
+          @obj.author
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
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