diff --git a/pelican/themes/simple/templates/author.html b/pelican/themes/simple/templates/author.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9f78702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pelican/themes/simple/templates/author.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{% extends "index.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}{{ SITENAME }} - Articles by {{ author }}{% endblock %}
+{% block content_title %}
+<h2>Articles by {{ author }}</h2>
+{% endblock %}
+
diff --git a/pelican/themes/simple/templates/index.html b/pelican/themes/simple/templates/index.html
index 0e4ef141..0b4593a0 100644
--- a/pelican/themes/simple/templates/index.html
+++ b/pelican/themes/simple/templates/index.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
                 <header> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="{{ article.url }}" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to {{ article.title}}">{{ article.title }}</a></h2> </header>
                 <footer class="post-info">
                     <abbr class="published" title="{{ article.date.isoformat() }}"> {{ article.locale_date }} </abbr>
-                    {% if article.author %}<address class="vcard author">By <a class="url fn" href="#">{{ article.author }}</a></address>{% endif %}
+                    {% if article.author %}<address class="vcard author">By <a class="url fn" href="{{ SITEURL }}/author/{{ article.author }}.html">{{ article.author }}</a></address>{% endif %}
                 </footer><!-- /.post-info -->
                 <div class="entry-content"> {{ article.summary }} </div><!-- /.entry-content -->
         </article></li>