diff --git a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocBase.ts b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocBase.ts
index 5c83dcab831..f41d008667c 100644
--- a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocBase.ts
+++ b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocBase.ts
@@ -50,12 +50,19 @@ import {
     getVariableOfDatapageIfApplicable,
 } from "../Variable.js"
 import { createLinkFromUrl } from "../Link.js"
-import { OwidGdoc, OwidGdocContent, OwidGdocType } from "@ourworldindata/types"
+import {
+    OwidGdoc,
+    OwidGdocContent,
+    OwidGdocType,
+    DbRawAuthor,
+    DbEnrichedAuthor,
+} from "@ourworldindata/types"
 import { KnexReadonlyTransaction } from "../../db"
 
 export class GdocBase implements OwidGdocBaseInterface {
     id!: string
     slug: string = ""
+    authors: DbEnrichedAuthor[] = []
     content!: OwidGdocContent
     published: boolean = false
     createdAt: Date = new Date()
@@ -178,6 +185,10 @@ export class GdocBase implements OwidGdocBaseInterface {
         return [...details]
     }
 
+    async loadAuthors(knex: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction): Promise<void> {
+        this.authors = await getMinimalAuthorByNames(knex, this.content.authors)
+    }
+
     get links(): DbInsertPostGdocLink[] {
         const links: DbInsertPostGdocLink[] = []
 
@@ -643,8 +654,17 @@ export class GdocBase implements OwidGdocBaseInterface {
     }
 
     async loadLinkedDocuments(knex: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction): Promise<void> {
+        if (!this.authors.length) await this.loadAuthors(knex)
+
+        const authorIds = excludeNullish(
+            this.authors.map((author) => author.id)
+        )
+
         const linkedDocuments: OwidGdocMinimalPostInterface[] =
-            await getMinimalGdocPostsByIds(knex, this.linkedDocumentIds)
+            await getMinimalGdocPostsByIds(knex, [
+                ...this.linkedDocumentIds,
+                ...authorIds,
+            ])
 
         this.linkedDocuments = keyBy(linkedDocuments, "id")
     }
@@ -792,6 +812,8 @@ export class GdocBase implements OwidGdocBaseInterface {
     }
 
     async loadState(knex: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction): Promise<void> {
+        // TODO explain why we're loading authors first
+        await this.loadAuthors(knex)
         await this.loadLinkedDocuments(knex)
         await this.loadImageMetadataFromDB(knex)
         await this.loadLinkedCharts(knex)
@@ -868,3 +890,31 @@ export async function getMinimalGdocPostsByIds(
         } satisfies OwidGdocMinimalPostInterface
     })
 }
+
+export async function getMinimalAuthorByNames(
+    knex: KnexReadonlyTransaction,
+    names: string[]
+): Promise<DbEnrichedAuthor[]> {
+    if (names.length === 0) return []
+    const rows = await db.knexRaw<DbRawAuthor>(
+        knex,
+        `-- sql
+            SELECT
+                id,
+                content ->> '$.title' as title
+            FROM posts_gdocs
+            WHERE type = 'author'
+            AND content->>"$.title" in (:names)
+            AND published = 1`,
+        { names }
+    )
+
+    const rowsByName = keyBy(rows, "title")
+
+    return names.map((name) => {
+        return {
+            id: rowsByName[name]?.id || null,
+            title: name,
+        }
+    })
+}
diff --git a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocFactory.ts b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocFactory.ts
index 34e93715670..1fa239efc20 100644
--- a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocFactory.ts
+++ b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocFactory.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ export async function getGdocBaseObjectById(
     const enrichedRow = parsePostsGdocsRow(row)
     const gdoc: OwidGdocBaseInterface = {
         ...enrichedRow,
+        authors: [],
         tags: null,
     } satisfies OwidGdocBaseInterface
     if (fetchLinkedTags) {
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ export async function getGdocBaseObjectBySlug(
     const enrichedRow = parsePostsGdocsRow(row)
     const gdoc: OwidGdocBaseInterface = {
         ...enrichedRow,
+        authors: [],
         tags: null,
     } satisfies OwidGdocBaseInterface
     if (fetchLinkedTags) {
@@ -387,6 +389,7 @@ export async function getAndLoadPublishedDataInsights(
     const enrichedRows = rows.map((row) => {
         return {
             ...parsePostsGdocsRow(row),
+            authors: [],
             tags: groupedTags[row.id] ? groupedTags[row.id] : null,
         } satisfies OwidGdocBaseInterface
     })
@@ -507,6 +510,7 @@ export function getDbEnrichedGdocFromOwidGdoc(
     gdoc: OwidGdoc | GdocBase
 ): DbEnrichedPostGdoc {
     const enrichedGdoc = {
+        authors: gdoc.authors,
         breadcrumbs: gdoc.breadcrumbs,
         content: gdoc.content,
         createdAt: gdoc.createdAt,
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/dbTypes/PostsGdocs.ts b/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/dbTypes/PostsGdocs.ts
index 1c7bc650b22..127b90ccb18 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/dbTypes/PostsGdocs.ts
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/dbTypes/PostsGdocs.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { DbEnrichedAuthor } from "../domainTypes/Author.js"
 import { BreadcrumbItem } from "../domainTypes/Site.js"
 import { JsonString } from "../domainTypes/Various.js"
 import {
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ export type DbEnrichedPostGdoc = Omit<
     DbRawPostGdoc,
     "content" | "breadcrumbs" | "published"
 > & {
+    authors: DbEnrichedAuthor[]
     content: OwidGdocContent
     breadcrumbs: BreadcrumbItem[] | null
     published: boolean
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ export function serializePostsGdocsBreadcrumbs(
 export function parsePostsGdocsRow(row: DbRawPostGdoc): DbEnrichedPostGdoc {
     return {
         ...row,
+        authors: [],
         content: parsePostGdocContent(row.content),
         breadcrumbs: parsePostsGdocsBreadcrumbs(row.breadcrumbs),
         published: !!row.published,
@@ -72,15 +75,20 @@ export function parsePostsGdocsWithTagsRow(
 ): DBEnrichedPostGdocWithTags {
     return {
         ...parsePostsGdocsRow(row),
+        authors: [],
         tags: JSON.parse(row.tags),
     }
 }
 
 export function serializePostsGdocsRow(row: DbEnrichedPostGdoc): DbRawPostGdoc {
+    const { authors: _authors, ...rowWithoutAuthors } = row
+
     return {
-        ...row,
-        content: serializePostGdocContent(row.content),
-        breadcrumbs: serializePostsGdocsBreadcrumbs(row.breadcrumbs),
-        published: row.published ? 1 : 0,
+        ...rowWithoutAuthors,
+        content: serializePostGdocContent(rowWithoutAuthors.content),
+        breadcrumbs: serializePostsGdocsBreadcrumbs(
+            rowWithoutAuthors.breadcrumbs
+        ),
+        published: rowWithoutAuthors.published ? 1 : 0,
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/domainTypes/Author.ts b/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/domainTypes/Author.ts
index 75e4850f93f..c16bf549286 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/domainTypes/Author.ts
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/domainTypes/Author.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+export interface DbRawAuthor {
+    id: string
+    title: string
+}
+
+export interface DbEnrichedAuthor {
+    id: string | null
+    title: string
+}
+
 export interface DbRawLatestWork {
     id: string
     slug: string
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/gdocTypes/Gdoc.ts b/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/gdocTypes/Gdoc.ts
index cfeb590f0ba..48f4432ff46 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/gdocTypes/Gdoc.ts
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/gdocTypes/Gdoc.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ import {
 } from "./ArchieMlComponents.js"
 import { DbChartTagJoin } from "../dbTypes/ChartTags.js"
 import { MinimalTag } from "../dbTypes/Tags.js"
-import { DbEnrichedLatestWork } from "../domainTypes/Author.js"
+import {
+    DbEnrichedAuthor,
+    DbEnrichedLatestWork,
+} from "../domainTypes/Author.js"
 
 export enum OwidGdocPublicationContext {
     unlisted = "unlisted",
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ export interface OwidGdocBaseInterface {
     id: string
     slug: string
     // TODO: should we type this as a union of the possible content types instead?
+    authors: DbEnrichedAuthor[]
     content: OwidGdocContent
     published: boolean
     createdAt: Date
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/index.ts b/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/index.ts
index 2c49fcab61b..11123910861 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/index.ts
@@ -657,6 +657,8 @@ export { RedirectCode, type DbPlainRedirect } from "./dbTypes/Redirects.js"
 export type { Nominal } from "./NominalType.js"
 
 export {
+    type DbRawAuthor,
+    type DbEnrichedAuthor,
     type DbRawLatestWork,
     type DbEnrichedLatestWork,
     parseLatestWork,
diff --git a/site/gdocs/components/Byline.tsx b/site/gdocs/components/Byline.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3b1a9d2b00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/gdocs/components/Byline.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { DbEnrichedAuthor } from "@ourworldindata/types"
+import React from "react"
+import { useLinkedDocument } from "../utils.js"
+
+export const Byline = ({ authors }: { authors: DbEnrichedAuthor[] }) => {
+    return (
+        <>
+            By:{" "}
+            {authors.map((author) => (
+                <LinkedAuthor key={author.title} author={author} />
+            ))}
+        </>
+    )
+}
+
+const LinkedAuthor = ({ author }: { author: DbEnrichedAuthor }) => {
+    const gdocUrl = `https://docs.google.com/document/d/${author.id}`
+    const { linkedDocument } = useLinkedDocument(gdocUrl)
+
+    if (linkedDocument && linkedDocument.published && linkedDocument.slug) {
+        return <a href={`/${linkedDocument.slug}`}>{author.title}</a>
+    }
+    return <>{author.title}</>
+}
diff --git a/site/gdocs/components/OwidGdocHeader.tsx b/site/gdocs/components/OwidGdocHeader.tsx
index de626356683..771f0cb66bd 100644
--- a/site/gdocs/components/OwidGdocHeader.tsx
+++ b/site/gdocs/components/OwidGdocHeader.tsx
@@ -2,17 +2,18 @@ import React from "react"
 import cx from "classnames"
 import {
     BreadcrumbItem,
+    DbEnrichedAuthor,
     OwidGdocPostContent,
     OwidGdocType,
     formatDate,
 } from "@ourworldindata/utils"
-import { formatAuthors } from "../../clientFormatting.js"
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome/index.js"
 import { faBook } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons"
 import { faCreativeCommons } from "@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons"
 import Image from "./Image.js"
 import { Breadcrumbs } from "../../Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.js"
 import { breadcrumbColorForCoverColor } from "../utils.js"
+import { Byline } from "./Byline.js"
 
 function OwidArticleHeader({
     content,
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ function OwidArticleHeader({
     breadcrumbs,
 }: {
     content: OwidGdocPostContent
-    authors: string[]
+    authors: DbEnrichedAuthor[]
     publishedAt: Date | null
     breadcrumbs?: BreadcrumbItem[]
 }) {
@@ -79,12 +80,7 @@ function OwidArticleHeader({
                 <div className="centered-article-header__meta-container col-start-2 span-cols-6 span-md-cols-10 col-md-start-2 grid grid-cols-2 ">
                     <div className="span-cols-1 span-sm-cols-2">
                         <div className="centered-article-header__byline">
-                            {"By: "}
-                            <a href="/team">
-                                {formatAuthors({
-                                    authors,
-                                })}
-                            </a>
+                            <Byline authors={authors} />
                         </div>
                         <div className="centered-article-header__dateline body-3-medium-italic">
                             {content.dateline ||
@@ -121,7 +117,7 @@ function OwidTopicPageHeader({
     authors,
 }: {
     content: OwidGdocPostContent
-    authors: string[]
+    authors: DbEnrichedAuthor[]
 }) {
     return (
         <header className="topic-page-header grid span-cols-14 grid-cols-12-full-width">
@@ -132,12 +128,7 @@ function OwidTopicPageHeader({
                 {content.subtitle}
             </p>
             <p className="topic-page-header__byline col-start-2 span-cols-8 col-sm-start-2 span-sm-cols-12">
-                {"By "}
-                <a href="/team">
-                    {formatAuthors({
-                        authors,
-                    })}
-                </a>
+                <Byline authors={authors} />
             </p>
         </header>
     )
@@ -148,7 +139,7 @@ function OwidLinearTopicPageHeader({
     authors,
 }: {
     content: OwidGdocPostContent
-    authors: string[]
+    authors: DbEnrichedAuthor[]
 }) {
     return (
         <header className="topic-page-header grid span-cols-14 grid-cols-12-full-width">
@@ -159,12 +150,7 @@ function OwidLinearTopicPageHeader({
                 {content.subtitle}
             </p>
             <p className="topic-page-header__byline col-start-5 span-cols-6 col-md-start-3 span-md-cols-10 span-sm-cols-12 col-sm-start-2">
-                {"By "}
-                <a href="/team">
-                    {formatAuthors({
-                        authors,
-                    })}
-                </a>
+                <Byline authors={authors} />
             </p>
             <p className="topic-page-header__dateline body-3-medium-italic col-start-5 span-cols-6 col-md-start-3 span-md-cols-10 span-sm-cols-12 col-sm-start-2">
                 {content.dateline}
@@ -175,7 +161,7 @@ function OwidLinearTopicPageHeader({
 
 export function OwidGdocHeader(props: {
     content: OwidGdocPostContent
-    authors: string[]
+    authors: DbEnrichedAuthor[]
     publishedAt: Date | null
     breadcrumbs?: BreadcrumbItem[]
 }) {
diff --git a/site/gdocs/pages/GdocPost.tsx b/site/gdocs/pages/GdocPost.tsx
index 40d302d7dc8..629f21c1bed 100644
--- a/site/gdocs/pages/GdocPost.tsx
+++ b/site/gdocs/pages/GdocPost.tsx
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const citationDescriptionsByArticleType: Record<
 }
 
 export function GdocPost({
+    authors,
     content,
     publishedAt,
     slug,
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ export function GdocPost({
         >
             <OwidGdocHeader
                 content={content}
-                authors={content.authors}
+                authors={authors}
                 publishedAt={publishedAt}
                 breadcrumbs={breadcrumbs ?? undefined}
             />
diff --git a/site/gdocs/utils.tsx b/site/gdocs/utils.tsx
index be7e0e57d2e..682045e4a73 100644
--- a/site/gdocs/utils.tsx
+++ b/site/gdocs/utils.tsx
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ export const useLinkedDocument = (
     } else if (!linkedDocument.published) {
         errorMessage = `Article with slug "${linkedDocument.slug}" isn't published.`
     }
+
+    //todo replace with getCanonicalUrl
     const subdirectory =
         linkedDocument.type === OwidGdocType.DataInsight ? "data-insights/" : ""
     return {