diff --git a/keystatic.config.ts b/keystatic.config.ts
index aa6a5db..0fe37d9 100644
--- a/keystatic.config.ts
+++ b/keystatic.config.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import { config } from '@keystatic/core';
 
+import AuthorsCollection from '@/keystatic/collections/taxonomy/authors';
+
 export default config({
   storage: {
     kind: 'local',
   },
-  collections: {},
+  collections: {
+    authors: AuthorsCollection,
+  },
 });
diff --git a/src/keystatic/collections/taxonomy/index.ts b/src/keystatic/collections/taxonomy/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/lib/readers/base.ts b/src/lib/readers/base.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efcfba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/readers/base.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { createReader } from '@keystatic/core/reader';
+import { cache } from 'react';
+import keystaticConfig from '~/keystatic.config';
+
+export const reader = createReader(process.cwd(), keystaticConfig);
+export { cache };
diff --git a/src/lib/readers/taxonomy/authors.ts b/src/lib/readers/taxonomy/authors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f26a3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/readers/taxonomy/authors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { cache, reader } from '@/lib/readers/base';
+
+export const getAuthors = cache(async () => reader.collections.authors.all());
+
+export const getAuthorBySlug = cache(async (slug: string) => {
+  const author = await reader.collections.authors.read(slug);
+  return author ? { ...author, slug } : null;
+});