diff --git a/src/FeedIo/Feed/Item.php b/src/FeedIo/Feed/Item.php
index 518595f2..6be45c7a 100644
--- a/src/FeedIo/Feed/Item.php
+++ b/src/FeedIo/Feed/Item.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 use FeedIo\Feed\Item\Media;
 use FeedIo\Feed\Item\MediaInterface;
+use FeedIo\Feed\Item\Author;
+use FeedIo\Feed\Item\AuthorInterface;
 
 class Item extends Node implements ItemInterface
 {
@@ -21,6 +23,11 @@ class Item extends Node implements ItemInterface
      */
     protected $medias;
 
+    /**
+     * @var AuthorInterface
+     */
+    protected $author;
+
     public function __construct()
     {
         $this->medias = new \ArrayIterator();
@@ -62,4 +69,31 @@ public function newMedia()
     {
         return new Media();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return AuthorInterface
+     */
+    public function getAuthor()
+    {
+        return $this->author;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  AuthorInterface $author
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setAuthor(AuthorInterface $author)
+    {
+        $this->author = $author;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return AuthorInterface
+     */
+    public function newAuthor()
+    {
+        return new Author();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/FeedIo/Feed/Item/Author.php b/src/FeedIo/Feed/Item/Author.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..295224ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FeedIo/Feed/Item/Author.php
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of the feed-io package.
+ *
+ * (c) Alexandre Debril <alex.debril@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace FeedIo\Feed\Item;
+
+class Author implements AuthorInterface
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $name;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $uri;
+
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     */
+    protected $email;
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getName()
+    {
+        return $this->name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  string $name
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setName($name)
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getUri()
+    {
+        return $this->uri;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  string $uri
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setUri($uri)
+    {
+        $this->uri = $uri;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getEmail()
+    {
+        return $this->email;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  string $email
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setEmail($email)
+    {
+        $this->email = $email;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/FeedIo/Feed/Item/AuthorInterface.php b/src/FeedIo/Feed/Item/AuthorInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a2f458d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FeedIo/Feed/Item/AuthorInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of the feed-io package.
+ *
+ * (c) Alexandre Debril <alex.debril@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace FeedIo\Feed\Item;
+
+/**
+ * Describe a Author instance
+ *
+ */
+interface AuthorInterface
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getName();
+
+    /**
+     * @param  string $name
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setName($name);
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getUri();
+
+    /**
+     * @param  string $uri
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setUri($uri);
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getEmail();
+
+    /**
+     * @param  string $email
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setEmail($email);
+
+}
diff --git a/src/FeedIo/Feed/ItemInterface.php b/src/FeedIo/Feed/ItemInterface.php
index 2a5cf40f..88a57112 100644
--- a/src/FeedIo/Feed/ItemInterface.php
+++ b/src/FeedIo/Feed/ItemInterface.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 namespace FeedIo\Feed;
 
 use FeedIo\Feed\Item\MediaInterface;
+use FeedIo\Feed\Item\AuthorInterface;
 
 /**
  * Describes an Item instance
@@ -57,4 +58,27 @@ public function hasMedia();
      * @return MediaInterface
      */
     public function newMedia();
+
+    /**
+     * returns the author attribute
+     *
+     * @return AuthorInterface
+     */
+    public function getAuthor();
+
+    /**
+     * sets $author to the object's attributes
+     *
+     * @param  AuthorInterface $author
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setAuthor(AuthorInterface $author);
+
+    /**
+     * returns a new AuthorInterface
+     *
+     * @return AuthorInterface
+     */
+    public function newAuthor();
+
 }
diff --git a/src/FeedIo/Rule/Atom/Author.php b/src/FeedIo/Rule/Atom/Author.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f54ce10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FeedIo/Rule/Atom/Author.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of the feed-io package.
+ *
+ * (c) Alexandre Debril <alex.debril@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace FeedIo\Rule\Atom;
+
+use FeedIo\Feed\Item\AuthorInterface;
+use FeedIo\Feed\ItemInterface;
+use FeedIo\Feed\NodeInterface;
+use FeedIo\RuleAbstract;
+
+class Author extends RuleAbstract
+{
+
+    const NODE_NAME = 'author';
+
+    /**
+     * @param  NodeInterface $node
+     * @param  \DOMElement   $element
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function setProperty(NodeInterface $node, \DOMElement $element)
+    {
+        if ($node instanceof ItemInterface) {
+          $author = $node->newAuthor();
+          $author->setName($this->getAttributeValue($element, 'name'));
+          $author->setUri($this->getAttributeValue($element, 'uri'));
+          $author->setEmail($this->getAttributeValue($element, 'email'));
+          $node->setAuthor($author);
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * creates the accurate DomElement content according to the $item's property
+     *
+     * @param  \DomDocument  $document
+     * @param  NodeInterface $node
+     * @return \DomElement
+     */
+    public function createElement(\DomDocument $document, NodeInterface $node)
+    {
+        if ($node instanceof ItemInterface  && !is_null($node->getAuthor())) {
+            $element = $document->createElement(static::NODE_NAME);
+            $element->setAttribute('name', $node->getAuthor()->getName());
+            $element->setAttribute('uri', $node->getAuthor()->getUri());
+            $element->setAttribute('email', $node->getAuthor()->getEmail());
+
+            return $element;
+        }
+
+        return;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/FeedIo/Rule/Author.php b/src/FeedIo/Rule/Author.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ede42f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FeedIo/Rule/Author.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of the feed-io package.
+ *
+ * (c) Alexandre Debril <alex.debril@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace FeedIo\Rule;
+
+use FeedIo\Feed\Item\AuthorInterface;
+use FeedIo\Feed\ItemInterface;
+use FeedIo\Feed\NodeInterface;
+use FeedIo\RuleAbstract;
+
+class Author extends RuleAbstract
+{
+
+    const NODE_NAME = 'author';
+
+    /**
+     * @param  NodeInterface $node
+     * @param  \DOMElement   $element
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function setProperty(NodeInterface $node, \DOMElement $element)
+    {
+        if ($node instanceof ItemInterface) {
+          $author = $node->newAuthor();
+          $author->setName($element->nodeValue);
+          $node->setAuthor($author);
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * creates the accurate DomElement content according to the $item's property
+     *
+     * @param  \DomDocument  $document
+     * @param  NodeInterface $node
+     * @return \DomElement|null
+     */
+    public function createElement(\DomDocument $document, NodeInterface $node)
+    {
+        if ($node instanceof ItemInterface && !is_null($node->getAuthor())) {
+            return $document->createElement($this->getNodeName(), $node->getAuthor()->getName());
+        }
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/FeedIo/Standard/Atom.php b/src/FeedIo/Standard/Atom.php
index 5f92cf98..3a692577 100644
--- a/src/FeedIo/Standard/Atom.php
+++ b/src/FeedIo/Standard/Atom.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 namespace FeedIo\Standard;
 
 use DOMDocument;
+use FeedIo\Rule\Atom\Author;
 use FeedIo\Rule\Atom\LinkNode;
 use FeedIo\Rule\Description;
 use FeedIo\Rule\PublicId;
@@ -82,11 +83,13 @@ public function buildFeedRuleSet()
     public function buildItemRuleSet()
     {
         $ruleSet = $this->buildFeedRuleSet();
-        $ruleSet->add(new Description('content'), ['summary']);
+        $ruleSet
+            ->add(new Author())
+            ->add(new Description('content'), ['summary']);
 
         return $ruleSet;
-    }    
-    
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return RuleSet
      */
diff --git a/src/FeedIo/Standard/Rss.php b/src/FeedIo/Standard/Rss.php
index a50e86da..f09e7933 100644
--- a/src/FeedIo/Standard/Rss.php
+++ b/src/FeedIo/Standard/Rss.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 namespace FeedIo\Standard;
 
 use DOMDocument;
+use FeedIo\Rule\Author;
 use FeedIo\Rule\Description;
 use FeedIo\Rule\Link;
 use FeedIo\Rule\PublicId;
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ public function buildItemRuleSet()
     {
         $ruleSet = $this->buildBaseRuleSet();
         $ruleSet
+            ->add(new Author())
             ->add(new Link())
             ->add(new PublicId())
             ->add(new Description())
@@ -104,8 +106,8 @@ public function buildItemRuleSet()
             ->add($this->getModifiedSinceRule(static::DATE_NODE_TAGNAME));
 
         return $ruleSet;
-    }    
-    
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return RuleSet
      */
@@ -116,5 +118,5 @@ protected function buildBaseRuleSet()
 
         return $ruleSet;
     }
-    
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/FeedIo/Feed/Item/AuthorTest.php b/tests/FeedIo/Feed/Item/AuthorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c0d5383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/FeedIo/Feed/Item/AuthorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of the feed-io package.
+ *
+ * (c) Alexandre Debril <alex.debril@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace FeedIo\Feed\Item;
+
+class AuthorTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @var \FeedIo\Feed\Item\Author
+     */
+    protected $object;
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->object = new Author();
+    }
+
+    public function testSetName()
+    {
+        $this->object->setName('John Doe');
+        $this->assertEquals('John Doe', $this->object->getName());
+    }
+
+    public function testSetUri()
+    {
+        $this->object->setUri('http://localhost');
+        $this->assertEquals('http://localhost', $this->object->getUri());
+    }
+
+    public function testSetEmail()
+    {
+        $this->object->setEmail('john@localhost');
+        $this->assertEquals('john@localhost', $this->object->getEmail());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/FeedIo/Feed/ItemTest.php b/tests/FeedIo/Feed/ItemTest.php
index 0c87182a..594c5d98 100644
--- a/tests/FeedIo/Feed/ItemTest.php
+++ b/tests/FeedIo/Feed/ItemTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 use FeedIo\Feed\Node\Element;
 use FeedIo\Feed\Item\Media;
+use FeedIo\Feed\Item\Author;
 
 class ItemTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
@@ -164,4 +165,18 @@ public function testGetMedias()
 
         $this->assertEquals(1, $count);
     }
+
+    public function testSetAuthor()
+    {
+        $author = new Author();
+        $author->setName('test');
+
+        $this->object->setAuthor($author);
+        $this->assertEquals($author->getName(), $this->object->getAuthor()->getName());
+    }
+
+    public function testNewAuthor()
+    {
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\FeedIo\Feed\Item\AuthorInterface', $this->object->newAuthor());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/FeedIo/Parser/ParserTestAbstract.php b/tests/FeedIo/Parser/ParserTestAbstract.php
index 521b8393..0ff6637a 100644
--- a/tests/FeedIo/Parser/ParserTestAbstract.php
+++ b/tests/FeedIo/Parser/ParserTestAbstract.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public function testParseBody()
             $this->assertNotEmpty($item->getLastModified());
             $this->assertNotEmpty($item->getLink());
             $this->assertCount(1, $item->getAllElements());
-            $this->assertTrue($item->hasElement('author'));
+            $this->assertTrue($item->hasElement('extra'));
             $this->runCategoriesTest($item);
         }
     }
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ protected function runCategoriesTest(\FeedIo\Feed\NodeInterface $node)
     {
         $categories = $node->getCategories();
         $this->assertCount(1, $categories);
-        
+
         $category = $categories->current();
         $this->assertInstanceOf('\FeedIo\Feed\Node\CategoryInterface', $category);
-        
+
         $this->assertNotEmpty($category->getTerm());
         $this->assertNotEmpty($category->getLabel());
     }
diff --git a/tests/FeedIo/Rule/Atom/AuthorTest.php b/tests/FeedIo/Rule/Atom/AuthorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bacc1dd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/FeedIo/Rule/Atom/AuthorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Created by PhpStorm.
+ * User: alex
+ */
+namespace FeedIo\Rule\Atom;
+
+use FeedIo\Feed\Item;
+
+class AuthorTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @var \FeedIo\Rule\Author
+     */
+    protected $object;
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->object = new Author();
+    }
+
+    public function testGetNodeName()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals('author', $this->object->getNodeName());
+    }
+
+    public function testSet()
+    {
+        $item = new Item();
+
+        $document = new \DOMDocument();
+
+        $author = $document->createElement('author');
+        $author->setAttribute('name', 'John Doe');
+        $author->setAttribute('uri', 'http://localhost');
+        $author->setAttribute('email', 'john@localhost');
+
+        $this->object->setProperty($item, $author);
+        $this->assertEquals('John Doe', $item->getAuthor()->getName());
+        $this->assertEquals('http://localhost', $item->getAuthor()->getUri());
+        $this->assertEquals('john@localhost', $item->getAuthor()->getEmail());
+    }
+
+    public function testCreateElement()
+    {
+        $item = new Item();
+        $author = new \FeedIo\Feed\Item\Author;
+        $author->setName('John Doe');
+        $author->setUri('http://localhost');
+        $author->setEmail('john@localhost');
+        $item->setAuthor($author);
+
+        $element = $this->object->createElement(new \DOMDocument(), $item);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\DomElement', $element);
+        $this->assertEquals('author', $element->nodeName);
+        $this->assertEquals('John Doe', $element->getAttribute('name'));
+        $this->assertEquals('http://localhost', $element->getAttribute('uri'));
+        $this->assertEquals('john@localhost', $element->getAttribute('email'));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/FeedIo/Rule/AuthorTest.php b/tests/FeedIo/Rule/AuthorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..427d7f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/FeedIo/Rule/AuthorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Created by PhpStorm.
+ * User: alex
+ */
+namespace FeedIo\Rule;
+
+use FeedIo\Feed\Item;
+
+class AuthorTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @var \FeedIo\Rule\Author
+     */
+    protected $object;
+
+    const AUTHOR = 'John Doe';
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->object = new Author();
+    }
+
+    public function testGetNodeName()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals('author', $this->object->getNodeName());
+    }
+
+    public function testSet()
+    {
+        $item = new Item();
+
+        $this->object->setProperty($item, new \DOMElement('author', self::AUTHOR));
+        $this->assertEquals(self::AUTHOR, $item->getAuthor()->getName());
+    }
+
+    public function testCreateElement()
+    {
+        $item = new Item();
+        $author = new \FeedIo\Feed\Item\Author;
+        $author->setName(self::AUTHOR);
+        $item->setAuthor($author);
+
+        $element = $this->object->createElement(new \DOMDocument(), $item);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\DomElement', $element);
+        $this->assertEquals(self::AUTHOR, $element->nodeValue);
+        $this->assertEquals('author', $element->nodeName);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/samples/rss/sample-rss.xml b/tests/samples/rss/sample-rss.xml
index fab5fd86..98a4979f 100644
--- a/tests/samples/rss/sample-rss.xml
+++ b/tests/samples/rss/sample-rss.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <channel>
         <title>RSS Title</title>
         <description>This is an example of an RSS feed</description>
-        <guid>1</guid>        
+        <guid>1</guid>
         <category domain="http:/localhost">sample</category>
         <link>http://www.someexamplerssdomain.com/main.html</link>
         <lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:01:00 GMT</lastBuildDate>
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
             <guid>unique string per item</guid>
             <pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2009 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
             <author>John Doe</author>
+            <extra>
+                Some content
+            </extra>
         </item>
 
     </channel>
diff --git a/tests/samples/sample-atom.xml b/tests/samples/sample-atom.xml
index a302700a..a94dbef4 100644
--- a/tests/samples/sample-atom.xml
+++ b/tests/samples/sample-atom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
             <uri>http://johndoe.com</uri>
         </author>
         <category term="something" label="something" scheme="http://localhost" />
+        <extra>
+            Some content
+        </extra>
     </entry>
 
     <entry>