diff --git a/lib/feed_reader/formats/atom.ex b/lib/feed_reader/formats/atom.ex
index ec916cc..a936588 100644
--- a/lib/feed_reader/formats/atom.ex
+++ b/lib/feed_reader/formats/atom.ex
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ defmodule FeedReader.Formats.Atom do
       |> find_link()
       |> URL.resolve_root_relative([feed.html_url, feed.feed_url])
 
-    author = get_in(raw, ["author", "name"]) |> text()
+    author = raw |> Map.get("author") |> author()
 
     date = text(raw["published"]) || text(raw["updated"])
 
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ defmodule FeedReader.Formats.Atom do
 
   defp content(value), do: text(value)
 
+  defp author(value) do
+    value
+    |> List.wrap()
+    |> Enum.map(&author_name/1)
+    |> Enum.reject(&is_nil/1)
+    |> Enum.join(", ")
+    |> blank_to_nil()
+  end
+
+  defp author_name(%{"name" => name}), do: text(name)
+  defp author_name(value), do: text(value)
+
   defp find_link(links) do
     case Enum.find(links, &((is_map(&1) and &1["href"]) && &1["rel"] in [nil, "alternate"])) do
       %{"href" => href} -> clean(href)
diff --git a/test/feed_reader/atom_test.exs b/test/feed_reader/atom_test.exs
index e4e4f32..278fc57 100644
--- a/test/feed_reader/atom_test.exs
+++ b/test/feed_reader/atom_test.exs
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ defmodule FeedReader.AtomTest do
              )
   end
 
+  test "joins multiple author names in source order" do
+    raw = %{
+      "title" => "Story",
+      "author" => [%{"name" => "Alice"}, %{"name" => "Bob"}]
+    }
+
+    assert {:ok, %Item{author: "Alice, Bob"}} = Atom.normalize_item(raw, %Feed{}, [])
+  end
+
   test "accounts for parser failures and closes empty feeds" do
     handler = Atom.handler()
     sink = fn event -> send(self(), event) end