diff --git a/src/components/ReplyViaEmail.astro b/src/components/ReplyViaEmail.astro
index 9ab399f..98fbca7 100644
--- a/src/components/ReplyViaEmail.astro
+++ b/src/components/ReplyViaEmail.astro
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
-const { title } = Astro.props;
+import {siteConfig} from "../config";
+const { title, email = siteConfig.defaultAuthor.email } = Astro.props;
 ---
-<a href={`mailto:test@email.com?subject=RE:${title}&body=Hi,\n\nI would like to reply to your post "${title}".`}>&#x21A9; Reply via Email</a>
\ No newline at end of file
+<a href={`mailto:${email}?subject=RE:${title}&body=Hi,\n\nI would like to reply to your post "${title}".`}>&#x21A9; Reply via Email</a>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/helper/head/Meta.astro b/src/components/helper/head/Meta.astro
index 771fcb4..a790d7b 100644
--- a/src/components/helper/head/Meta.astro
+++ b/src/components/helper/head/Meta.astro
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 ---
-const { title, description, ogImage = "" } = Astro.props
+interface Props {
+    title: string;
+    description: string;
+    author?: string;
+    ogImage?: string;
+}
+
+const { title, author,description, ogImage = "" } = Astro.props
 
 const canonicalURL = new URL(Astro.url.pathname, Astro.site);
 ---
 <meta name="title" content={title} />
+{author && <meta name="author" content={author} />}
 <meta name="description" content={description} />
 {/* Open Graph / Facebook */}
 <meta name="og:title" content={title} />
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 2d6a2e3..709cb5d 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ export const siteConfig = {
     title: '/var/log/mercury',
     description: 'A blog about software development, technology, and life.',
     homepageOgImage: '',
+    defaultAuthor: {
+      id: 'd6e4661d', // (optional) an id in the authors.yaml, will override the setting below (if id exists)
+      name: 'GrassBlock1',
+      email: 'hi@mercury.info',
+    },
     // features
     noClientJavaScript: false, // disable client-side javascript, this will:
     // 1. disable all built-in client-side javascript from rendering
@@ -10,7 +15,6 @@ export const siteConfig = {
     // 3. the comments will be globally disabled
     // 4. the night mode & back to top will not use Javascript to function
     // 5. the neko will be force-disabled
-    authorDefaultEmail: '',
     // site components
     navBarItems: [
         // additional items in the navbar
diff --git a/src/content/config.ts b/src/content/config.ts
index c330693..d305fc5 100644
--- a/src/content/config.ts
+++ b/src/content/config.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {posts} from './posts/_schemas';
 import {pages} from "./pages/_schemas";
 import {file} from 'astro/loaders';
 import { z } from 'astro:content';
+import {siteConfig} from "../config.ts";
 
 const blogCollection = defineCollection({
     type: 'content',
@@ -21,8 +22,21 @@ const blogRollData = defineCollection({
     })
 });
 
+const authorsData = defineCollection({
+    loader: file("src/data/authors.yaml"),
+    schema: z.object({
+        name: z.string().default(siteConfig.defaultAuthor.name),
+        email: z.string().email().default(siteConfig.defaultAuthor.email),
+        social: z.object({
+            twitter: z.string().optional(),
+            fediverse: z.string().optional(),
+        }).optional(),
+    })
+});
+
 export const collections = {
     'posts': blogCollection,
     'pages': pageCollection,
     'links': blogRollData,
+    'authors': authorsData,
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/content/posts/_schemas.ts b/src/content/posts/_schemas.ts
index e62adfb..bc668d1 100644
--- a/src/content/posts/_schemas.ts
+++ b/src/content/posts/_schemas.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ export const posts = ({ image }) => z.object({
   pubDate: z.coerce.date(),
   updatedDate: z.coerce.date().optional(),
   cover: image().optional(),
+  author: z.string().optional(),
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/content/posts/minimalism/index.md b/src/content/posts/minimalism/index.md
index 4ad2c6e..c29b2bd 100644
--- a/src/content/posts/minimalism/index.md
+++ b/src/content/posts/minimalism/index.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 title: 'The Art of Minimalism'
 description: 'Thoughts on minimalism in design and code'
 pubDate: '2025-06-05'
+author: 'Wheatley'
 ---
 
 Minimalism isn't just about having less, it's about making room for what matters.
diff --git a/src/data/authors.yaml b/src/data/authors.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..613201f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/authors.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Wheatley: # the key name (id) of the author, which is used in the front matter
+  name: "Wheatley" # the display name of the author
+  email: "hello@example.org" # the email address of the author
+  social: # the social media accounts of the author, if any (there is no reference for this yet except for the twitter handle)
+    twitter: "@wheatley"
+    fediverse: "@"
+
+Glados: # you can have more if you like
+  name: "Glados"
+  email: "contact@example.org"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/layouts/Layout.astro b/src/layouts/Layout.astro
index 6cda7bd..f402f64 100644
--- a/src/layouts/Layout.astro
+++ b/src/layouts/Layout.astro
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import Logo from '../assets/mercury.svg'
 interface Props {
   title: string;
   description: string;
+  author?: string;
   path?: string;
   ogImage?: string;
 }
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ const navBarItems = siteConfig.navBarItems
 const customFooter = siteConfig.customFooter
 const nekoType = siteConfig.neko?.type
 
-const { title = pageTitle, description = siteConfig.description, ogImage = "" } = Astro.props;
+const { title = pageTitle, author = siteConfig.defaultAuthor.name,description = siteConfig.description, ogImage = "" } = Astro.props;
 ---
 
 <!doctype html>
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ const { title = pageTitle, description = siteConfig.description, ogImage = "" }
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
     <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/favicon.svg" />
     <meta name="generator" content={Astro.generator} />
-    <Meta title={pageTitle} description={description} ogImage={ogImage} />
+    <Meta title={pageTitle} author={author} description={description} ogImage={ogImage} />
     <title>{pageTitle}</title>
   </head>
   <body>
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ const { title = pageTitle, description = siteConfig.description, ogImage = "" }
         <p>Powered by <a href="https://git.gb0.dev/gb/mercury" target="_blank"><Logo width={16} height={16} /> mercury</a></p>
       </div>
     </footer>
-    { !noscript || siteConfig.neko.enabled &&
+    { (siteConfig.neko.enabled && !noscript) &&
       <>
         <script is:inline define:vars={{ nekoType  }}>
           window.NekoType = nekoType;
diff --git a/src/pages/post/[...slug].astro b/src/pages/post/[...slug].astro
index 860b1b5..e7f5f56 100644
--- a/src/pages/post/[...slug].astro
+++ b/src/pages/post/[...slug].astro
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 import Layout from '../../layouts/Layout.astro';
-import { getCollection } from 'astro:content';
+import { getCollection, getEntry } from 'astro:content';
 import Comments from "../../components/Comments.astro";
 import {getImage} from "astro:assets";
 import { unified } from "unified";
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ const { entry } = Astro.props;
 const { Content } = await entry.render();
 const noscript = siteConfig.noClientJavaScript
 const slug = Astro.params.slug;
+const authorId = entry.data.author || siteConfig.defaultAuthor.id;
+
+// Get author data
+const authorData = await getEntry('authors', authorId);
+const authorInfo = authorData ? authorData.data : siteConfig.defaultAuthor;
 
 // get featured image and use it as og:image
 // use the custom cover image if it exists, otherwise use the featured image file in the same directory
@@ -39,6 +44,7 @@ const cover = customFeaturedImage || matchedImage_src?.src || `/post/${slug}/fea
   title={entry.data.title}
   description={entry.data.description}
   ogImage={cover}
+  author={authorInfo.name}
 >
       <h1 class="title">{entry.data.title}</h1>
       <span class="date">{new Date(entry.data.pubDate).toISOString().split('T')[0]}</span>
@@ -47,7 +53,7 @@ const cover = customFeaturedImage || matchedImage_src?.src || `/post/${slug}/fea
       </div>
 
     <div style="margin-top: 2rem; border-top: 1px solid var(--border-color); padding-top: 1rem;">
-    <ReplyViaEmail title={entry.data.title} />
+    <ReplyViaEmail title={entry.data.title} email={authorInfo.email} />
         <br>
     <a href="/blog">&larr; Back to posts</a>
     {noscript && <h2>Comments</h2> <Comments path={`post/${slug}`} />}