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description: >-
  To present all authors from your publication, you can add a custom authors
  page.
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# Authors Page

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<mark style="color:purple;">**Spotlight**</mark> has a template for the **Authors page**, which shows all authors of your publication. The authors' page is not required, but you can add it.

### To create the **Authors page:**

1. Go to **Pages** from the admin menu
2. Click the **New page** button in the top right corner
3. Add a **title** (e.g. 'Authors').
4. Add a **small description text** for this page
5. Click <img src="https://1307692751-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fc9T47kcwkOR9G8UBf3s8%2Fuploads%2FVJoSZy5DNNvw3DVL92gY%2F%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA%20%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%202023-06-15%20%D0%B2%2013.52.37.png?alt=media&#x26;token=2243608a-03b9-41b6-887c-df436b037118" alt="" data-size="line"> icon in the top right corner to open the **Page settings**
6. <mark style="color:red;">**Check**</mark> that the **Page URL** text input value is **`authors`!**
7. Click the **Template** selector and choose the **Authors** option
8. Click **Publish**
