diff --git a/pelican/readers.py b/pelican/readers.py
index d48cf0e5..a073f11f 100644
--- a/pelican/readers.py
+++ b/pelican/readers.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ METADATA_PROCESSORS = {
'status': lambda x, y: x.strip(),
'category': Category,
'author': Author,
- 'authors': lambda x, y: [Author(author, y) for author in x],
+ 'authors': lambda x, y: [Author(author.strip(), y) for author in x.split(',')],
}
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/pelican/tests/content/article_with_multiple_authors.html b/pelican/tests/content/article_with_multiple_authors.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a74442c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pelican/tests/content/article_with_multiple_authors.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+
+ This is an article with multiple authors!
+
+
+
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_readers.py b/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
index acb268fb..6274bdc5 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ class HTMLReaderTest(ReaderTest):
self.assertEqual(value, page.metadata[key], key)
def test_article_with_multiple_authors(self):
- page = self.read_file(path='article_with_multiple_authors.rst')
+ page = self.read_file(path='article_with_multiple_authors.html')
expected = {
'authors': ['First Author', 'Second Author']
}