diff --git a/spec/Main.hs b/spec/Main.hs
index 1ca278e..2db5958 100644
--- a/spec/Main.hs
+++ b/spec/Main.hs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ mockedTests = do
 feedTests :: Spec
 feedTests =
   describe "rss feed" $ do
-    it "should make a feed" $ do
+    it "should make a feed using embedded guest authors" $ do
       ctxt <- initFauxRequestNoCache
       let wpfeed = WPFeed
                      "https://myurl.com/feed"
@@ -62,6 +62,19 @@ feedTests =
                      (renderFeedContent ctxt)
       ft <- toXMLFeed (_wordpress ctxt) wpfeed
       ft `shouldBe` "<?xml version='1.0' ?>\n<feed xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\">\n  <id>https://myurl.com/feed</id>\n  <title type=\"text\">My Blog</title>\n  <updated>2014-10-20T07:00:00Z</updated>\n  <entry>\n    <id>https://myurl.com/2014/10/foo-bar/</id>\n    <title type=\"html\">&lt;i&gt;Foo&lt;/i&gt; bar</title>\n    <updated>2014-10-20T07:00:00Z</updated>\n    <published>2014-10-20T07:00:00Z</published>\n    <summary type=\"html\">summary</summary>\n    <content type=\"html\">This is the title: &lt;i&gt;Foo&lt;/i&gt; bar</content>\n    <author>\n      <name>Emma Goldman</name>\n    </author>\n    <link href=\"https://myurl.com/2014/10/foo-bar/\" title=\"&lt;i&gt;Foo&lt;/i&gt; bar\" />\n  </entry>\n</feed>\n"
+{-     it "should make a feed using list of author ids" $ do
+      ctxt <- initFauxRequestNoCache
+      let wpfeed = WPFeed
+                     "https://myurl.com/feed"
+                     "My Blog"
+                     Nothing
+                     Nothing
+                     "https://myurl.com"
+                     buildEntryLinks
+                     GuestAuthorsViaReq
+                     (renderFeedContent ctxt)
+      ft <- toXMLFeed (_wordpress ctxt) wpfeed
+      ft `shouldBe` "<?xml version='1.0' ?>\n<feed xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\">\n  <id>https://myurl.com/feed</id>\n  <title type=\"text\">My Blog</title>\n  <updated>2014-10-20T07:00:00Z</updated>\n  <entry>\n    <id>https://myurl.com/2014/10/foo-bar/</id>\n    <title type=\"html\">&lt;i&gt;Foo&lt;/i&gt; bar</title>\n    <updated>2014-10-20T07:00:00Z</updated>\n    <published>2014-10-20T07:00:00Z</published>\n    <summary type=\"html\">summary</summary>\n    <content type=\"html\">This is the title: &lt;i&gt;Foo&lt;/i&gt; bar</content>\n    <author>\n      <name>Lucy Parsons</name>\n    </author>\n    <author>\n      <name>Emma Goldman</name>\n    </author>\n    <link href=\"https://myurl.com/2014/10/foo-bar/\" title=\"&lt;i&gt;Foo&lt;/i&gt; bar\" />\n  </entry>\n</feed>\n" -}
 
 larcenyFillTests :: Spec
 larcenyFillTests = do
diff --git a/src/Web/Offset/Feed.hs b/src/Web/Offset/Feed.hs
index b78248c..800a7dc 100644
--- a/src/Web/Offset/Feed.hs
+++ b/src/Web/Offset/Feed.hs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ data WPFeed =
          , wpGetAuthors  :: WPAuthorStyle
          , wpRenderEntry :: Object -> IO (Maybe T.Text) }
 
-data WPAuthorStyle = GuestAuthors | DefaultAuthor
+data WPAuthorStyle = GuestAuthors | GuestAuthorsViaReq | DefaultAuthor
 
 toXMLFeed :: Wordpress b -> WPFeed -> IO T.Text
 toXMLFeed wp wpFeed@(WPFeed uri title icon logo _ _ _ _) = do
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ toEntry wp wpFeed entry@WPEntry{..} = do
   let baseEntry = makeEntry guid (TextHTML wpEntryTitle) wpEntryUpdated
   authors <- case wpGetAuthors wpFeed of
                GuestAuthors -> getAuthorsInline wpEntryJSON
+               GuestAuthorsViaReq -> getAuthorsViaReq wp wpEntryJSON
                DefaultAuthor -> getAuthorViaReq wp wpEntryJSON
   return $ baseEntry { entryPublished = Just wpEntryPublished
                      , entrySummary = Just (TextHTML wpEntrySummary)
@@ -166,6 +167,21 @@ getAuthorViaReq wp v =
                     Nothing -> return []
                     Just authorName ->return (maybeToList authorName)
 
+getAuthorsViaReq :: Wordpress b -> Object -> IO [WPPerson]
+getAuthorsViaReq wp v =
+  do let mAuthorId = parseMaybe (\obj -> obj .: "authors") v :: Maybe [Int]
+     case mAuthorId of
+       Nothing -> return []
+       Just authorIds ->
+         do let authList = map (\id -> ("include[]", tshow id)) authorIds
+            eRespError <- cachingGetRetry wp (EndpointKey ("wp/v2/authors") authList)
+            case eRespError of
+              Left _ -> return []
+              Right resp ->
+                case decodeWPResponseBody resp of
+                  Nothing -> return []
+                  Just list -> return list
+
 entryGuid :: T.Text -> Int -> Object -> URI
 entryGuid baseURI wpId wpJSON =
   unsafeURI $ T.unpack $