diff --git a/lib/template.html b/lib/template.html
index 5a28563..e4baf2d 100644
--- a/lib/template.html
+++ b/lib/template.html
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@
     {% endif %}
   {% endif %}
   {% assign seo_author_twitter = seo_author_twitter | replace:"@","" %}
-  {% if seo_author %}
-    {% assign seo_author_name = seo_author.name | default: seo_author %}
-  {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if page.seo and page.seo.type %}
@@ -107,6 +104,10 @@
   <meta property="og:title" content="{{ seo_page_title }}" />
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if seo_author %}
+  <meta name="author" content="{{ seo_author }}" />
+{% endif %}
+
 {% if seo_description %}
   <meta name="description" content="{{ seo_description }}" />
   <meta property="og:description" content="{{ seo_description }}" />
@@ -209,10 +210,10 @@
     "headline": {{ seo_page_title | jsonify }},
 {% endif %}
 
-{% if seo_author_name %}
+{% if seo_author %}
     "author": {
       "@type": "Person",
-      "name": {{ seo_author_name | jsonify }}
+      "name": {{ seo_author | jsonify }}
     },
 {% endif %}
 
@@ -246,8 +247,8 @@
 {% if seo_site_logo %}
     "publisher": {
         "@type": "Organization",
-        {% if seo_author_name %}
-            "name": {{ seo_author_name | jsonify }},
+        {% if seo_author %}
+            "name": {{ seo_author | jsonify }},
         {% endif %}
         "logo": {
             "@type": "ImageObject",
diff --git a/spec/jekyll_seo_tag_spec.rb b/spec/jekyll_seo_tag_spec.rb
index a065e7f..6ffbf4f 100644
--- a/spec/jekyll_seo_tag_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jekyll_seo_tag_spec.rb
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ describe Jekyll::SeoTag do
       end
     end
 
-    context "with page.author.name" do
+    context "with page.author" do
       let(:site) { make_site("logo" => "/logo.png", "url" => "http://example.invalid") }
       let(:page) { make_post("author" => "Mr. Foo") }
 
@@ -240,20 +240,6 @@ describe Jekyll::SeoTag do
       end
     end
 
-    context "with only page.author" do
-      let(:site) { make_site("logo" => "/logo.png", "url" => "http://example.invalid") }
-      let(:page) { make_post("author" => { "name" => "Mr. Foo" }) }
-
-      it "outputs the author" do
-        expect(json_data["author"]["@type"]).to eql("Person")
-        expect(json_data["author"]["name"]).to eql("Mr. Foo")
-      end
-
-      it "outputs the publisher author" do
-        expect(json_data["publisher"]["name"]).to eql("Mr. Foo")
-      end
-    end
-
     context "with seo type is BlogPosting" do
       let(:site) { make_site("url" => "http://example.invalid") }
       let(:page) { make_post("seo" => { "type" => "BlogPosting" }, "permalink" => "/foo/") }