Sites that may have content authored from various individuals can be accommodated by using [data files](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/datafiles/).
To assign an author to a post or page that is different from the site author specified in `_config.yml`:
**Step 1.** Create `_data/authors.yml` and add authors using the following format. Any variables found under `author:` in `_config.yml` can be used (e.g. `name`, `avatar`, `uri`, social media profiles, etc.).
```yaml
# /_data/authors.yml
Billy Rick:
name: "Billy Rick"
uri: "http://thewhip.com"
email: "billy@rick.com"
bio: "What do you want, jewels? I am a very extravagant man."
avatar: "bio-photo-2.jpg"
twitter: "extravagantman"
Cornelius Fiddlebone:
name: "Cornelius Fiddlebone"
email: "cornelius@thewhip.com"
bio: "I ordered what?"
avatar: "bio-photo.jpg"
twitter: "rhymeswithsackit"
```
**Step 2.** Assign one of the authors in `authors.yml` to a post or page you wish to override the `site.author` with.
Example: To assign `Billy Rick` as an author for a post the following YAML Front Matter would be applied:
```yaml
author: Billy Rick
```