diff --git a/collects/scribble/basic.ss b/collects/scribble/basic.ss
index ddf67325..6f0b1902 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/basic.ss
+++ b/collects/scribble/basic.ss
@@ -79,6 +79,31 @@
 
 ;; ----------------------------------------
 
+(provide author
+         author+email)
+(define (author . auths)
+  (make-styled-paragraph 
+   (let ([nl (make-element 'newline '("\n"))])
+     (case (length auths)
+       [(1) auths]
+       [(2) (list (car auths) nl "and " (cadr auths))]
+       [else (let ([r (reverse auths)])
+               (append (add-between (reverse (cdr r))
+                                    (make-element #f (list "," nl)))
+                       (list "," nl "and " (car r))))]))
+   "author"))
+(define (author+email name email)
+  (make-element #f
+                (list
+                 name
+                 " <" 
+                 (regexp-replace* #rx"[.]"
+                                  (regexp-replace* #rx"@" email " at ")
+                                  " dot ")
+                 ">")))
+
+;; ----------------------------------------
+
 (provide intern-taglet
          module-path-index->taglet
          module-path-prefix->string)
diff --git a/collects/scribble/latex-render.ss b/collects/scribble/latex-render.ss
index 12ee2626..b52d1bb0 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/latex-render.ss
+++ b/collects/scribble/latex-render.ss
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@
             (copy-port (current-input-port) (current-output-port))))
         (printf "\\begin{document}\n\\preDoc\n")
         (when (part-title-content d)
+          (let ([m (ormap (lambda (v)
+                            (and (styled-paragraph? v)
+                                 (equal? "author" (styled-paragraph-style v))
+                                 v))
+                          (flow-paragraphs (part-flow d)))])
+            (when m
+              (do-render-paragraph m d ri #t)))
           (printf "\\titleAndVersion{")
           (render-content (part-title-content d) d ri)
           (printf "}{~a}\n"
@@ -78,7 +85,9 @@
         null))
 
     (define/override (render-paragraph p part ri)
-      (printf "\n\n")
+      (do-render-paragraph p part ri #f))
+
+    (define/private (do-render-paragraph p part ri author?)
       (let ([style (and (styled-paragraph? p)
                         (let ([s (flatten-style
                                   (styled-paragraph-style p))])
@@ -91,13 +100,16 @@
                                           base))
                                     base))
                               s)))])
-        (when (string? style)
-          (printf "\\~a{" style))
-        (if (toc-paragraph? p)
-          (printf "\\newpage \\tableofcontents \\newpage")
-          (super render-paragraph p part ri))
-        (when (string? style) (printf "}")))
-      (printf "\n\n")
+        (unless (and (not author?)
+                     (equal? style "author"))
+          (printf "\n\n")
+          (when (string? style)
+            (printf "\\~a{" style))
+          (if (toc-paragraph? p)
+              (printf "\\newpage \\tableofcontents \\newpage")
+              (super render-paragraph p part ri))
+          (when (string? style) (printf "}"))
+          (printf "\n\n")))
       null)
 
     (define/override (render-element e part ri)
diff --git a/collects/scribble/scribble.css b/collects/scribble/scribble.css
index 1232a896..9e484583 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/scribble.css
+++ b/collects/scribble/scribble.css
@@ -491,3 +491,17 @@ i {
 .noborder img {
   border: 0;
 }
+
+.author {
+  position: relative;
+  float: right;
+  left: 2em;
+  top: -3em;
+  height: 0em;
+  width: 23em; /* very wide to keep author names on separate lines */
+  margin: 0em -23em 0em 0em;
+  font-size: 82%;
+}
+.author:before { 
+  content: "by ";
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/scribble/basic.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/scribble/basic.scrbl
index 0f55f83f..1cadefdb 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/scribble/basic.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/scribble/basic.scrbl
@@ -127,6 +127,18 @@ Returns @scheme[#t] if @scheme[v] is an item produced by
  visible to the enclosing context). Since this form expands to
  @scheme[require], it must be used in a module or top-level context.}
 
+@defproc[(author [author any/c] ...) block?]{
+
+Generates a @scheme[styled-paragraph] to show the author(s) of a
+document, where each author is represented by an
+@tech{element}. Normally, this function is used after @scheme[title]
+for the beginning of a document. See also @scheme[author+email].}
+
+@defproc[(author+email [author elem] [email string?]) element?]{
+
+Combines an author name with an e-mail address, obscuring the e-mail
+address slightly to avoid address-harvesting robots.}
+
 @defproc[(module-path-prefix->string [mod-path module-path?])
          string?]{
 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/scribble/scribble.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/scribble/scribble.scrbl
index 23ba5365..e6b999fc 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/scribble/scribble.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/scribble/scribble.scrbl
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 @title{@bold{Scribble}: PLT Documentation Tool}
 
+@author["Matthew Flatt" "Eli Barzilay"]
+
 Scribble is a collection of tools for creating prose documents,
 especially those that document libraries, and especially for HTML and
 PDF (via LaTeX) output.  More generally, it is useful for cases where