diff --git a/i18n/en.yaml b/i18n/en.yaml
index a4cf262..b41fff9 100644
--- a/i18n/en.yaml
+++ b/i18n/en.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ browser_no_video_support:
 no_posts:
   other: "No posts here!"
 
+post_count:
+  one: "{{ . }} post"
+  other: "{{ . }} posts"
+
 
 table_of_contents:
   other: "Table of Contents"
diff --git a/layouts/_default/author-summary.html b/layouts/_default/author-summary.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1eb194b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/_default/author-summary.html
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<div class="post">
+    <h2 class="post-title">
+        <a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ .Title | markdownify }}</a>
+        {{ if .Draft }}{{ partial "icon.html" "write" }}{{ end }}
+    </h2>
+
+    {{ partial "author-metadata.html" . }}
+
+    <div class="post-description">
+        {{ partial "description-or-summary.html" . }}
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="readmore">
+        <a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ i18n "read_more" }} &rarr;</a>
+    </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/layouts/authors/list.html b/layouts/authors/list.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b1d50d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/authors/list.html
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{{ define "main" }}
+    <h1>
+        {{ partial "icon.html" "user-circle" }}
+        {{ .Title | markdownify }}
+    </h1>
+
+    <div class="page-list">
+        <ul>
+            {{ range .Paginator.Pages }}
+                <li>{{ .Render "author-summary" }}</li>
+            {{ end }}
+        </ul>
+    </div>
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/authors/term.html b/layouts/authors/term.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97e96ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/authors/term.html
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{{ define "main" }}
+    <h1>
+        {{ partial "icon.html" "user-circle" }}
+        {{ .Title | markdownify }}
+        {{ partial "rss-link.html" . }}
+    </h1>
+
+    {{ partial "author-metadata.html" . }}
+
+    {{ .Content }}
+
+    <div class="page-list">
+        <ul>
+            {{ range .Paginator.Pages }}
+                <li>{{ .Render "summary" }}</li>
+            {{ else }}
+                <div>
+                    {{ i18n "no_posts" }}
+                </div>
+            {{ end }}
+        </ul>
+    </div>
+
+    {{ partial "pagination.html" . }}
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/author-metadata.html b/layouts/partials/author-metadata.html
index 83656cc..64d62dc 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/author-metadata.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/author-metadata.html
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
-{{ with .Params.authors }}
+<div class="post-metadata">
+    {{/* Calculate the total word count */}}
+    {{ $total_words := 0 }}
+    {{ range .Data.Pages }}
+        {{ $total_words = add $total_words .WordCount }}
+    {{ end }}
 
-<meta name="author" content="{{ delimit . ", " }}">
+    <span class="post-meta-item">
+        {{ partial "icon.html" "newspaper" }}
+        {{ i18n "post_count" (len .Data.Pages) }}
+    </span>
 
-{{ range . }}
-<meta property="article:author" content="{{ . }}">
-{{ end }}
-
-{{ end }}
+    <span class="post-meta-item">
+        {{ partial "icon.html" "align-left" }}
+        {{ i18n "wordcount" $total_words }}
+    </span>
+</div>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/term-description.html b/layouts/partials/term-description.html
deleted file mode 100644
index a8f9231..0000000
--- a/layouts/partials/term-description.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{{ with .Description }}
-    <div class="term-description">
-        <p>{{ . | markdownify }}</p>
-    </div>
-{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/series/term.html b/layouts/series/term.html
index 5ffee0f..b292c1a 100644
--- a/layouts/series/term.html
+++ b/layouts/series/term.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         {{ partial "rss-link.html" . }}
     </h1>
 
-    {{ partial "term-description.html" . }}
+    {{ partial "description-or-summary.html" . }}
 
     <div class="page-list">
         <ul>
diff --git a/layouts/taxonomy/list.html b/layouts/taxonomy/list.html
index b2b35f4..c9899e8 100644
--- a/layouts/taxonomy/list.html
+++ b/layouts/taxonomy/list.html
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
     <h1>
         {{ if eq .Data.Singular "tag" }}
             {{ partial "icon.html" "tag" }}
-        {{ else if eq .Data.Singular "author" }}
-            {{ partial "icon.html" "user-circle" }}
         {{ else }}
             {{ partial "icon.html" "filter" }}
         {{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/taxonomy/term.html b/layouts/taxonomy/term.html
index e58cc67..ed7d275 100644
--- a/layouts/taxonomy/term.html
+++ b/layouts/taxonomy/term.html
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
     <h1>
         {{ if eq .Data.Singular "tag" }}
             {{ partial "icon.html" "tag" }}
-        {{ else if eq .Data.Singular "author" }}
-            {{ partial "icon.html" "user-circle" }}
         {{ else }}
             {{ partial "icon.html" "filter" }}
         {{ end }}
@@ -12,7 +10,7 @@
         {{ partial "rss-link.html" . }}
     </h1>
 
-    {{ partial "term-description.html" . }}
+    {{ partial "description-or-summary.html" . }}
     <div class="page-list">
         <ul>
             {{ range .Paginator.Pages }}