diff --git a/granary/tests/test_rss.py b/granary/tests/test_rss.py
index 86beb2c2..e2578ae4 100644
--- a/granary/tests/test_rss.py
+++ b/granary/tests/test_rss.py
@@ -101,14 +101,13 @@ def test_from_as1_missing_objectType_verb(self):
     self.assert_multiline_in("""
 <item>
 <description><![CDATA[foo bar]]></description>
-<author>- (Alice)</author>
+<author>alice@example.com (Alice)</author>
 </item>
 
 <item>
 <title>a thing I wrote</title>
 <link>http://read/this</link>
 <description><![CDATA[its gud]]></description>
-<author>-</author>
 <guid isPermaLink="true">http://read/this</guid>
 </item>
 """, rss.from_as1([{
@@ -119,6 +118,7 @@ def test_from_as1_missing_objectType_verb(self):
         'displayName': 'Alice',
         'url': 'http://it/me',
         'image': 'http://my/pic.jpg',
+        'email': 'alice@example.com',
       },
     },
   }, {
@@ -203,16 +203,18 @@ def test_author(self):
         'author': {
           'objectType':'person',
           'displayName':'Mrs. Baz',
+          'email': 'baz@example.com',
         },
       }], feed_url='http://this')
-    self.assert_multiline_in('<author>- (Mrs. Baz)</author>', got)
+    self.assert_multiline_in('<author>baz@example.com (Mrs. Baz)</author>', got)
 
   def test_author_string_id(self):
     got = rss.from_as1([{
         'content': 'foo bar',
         'author': 'tag:bob',
+        'email': 'bob@example.com',
       }], feed_url='http://this')
-    self.assert_multiline_in('<author>- (tag:bob)</author>', got)
+    self.assert_multiline_in('<author>bob@example.com (tag:bob)</author>', got)
 
   def test_order(self):
     got = rss.from_as1([
diff --git a/granary/tests/testdata/feed_with_audio_video.rss.xml b/granary/tests/testdata/feed_with_audio_video.rss.xml
index ff35bd7a..1347ec33 100644
--- a/granary/tests/testdata/feed_with_audio_video.rss.xml
+++ b/granary/tests/testdata/feed_with_audio_video.rss.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     <description><![CDATA[<p>some HTML</p>
     <p><audio class="u-audio" src="http://a/podcast.mp3" controls="controls">Your browser does not support the audio tag. <a href="http://a/podcast.mp3">Click here to listen directly.</a></audio>
     </p>]]></description>
-    <author>-</author>
     <guid isPermaLink="true">http://podcast/post</guid>
     <category>a tag</category>
     <enclosure url="http://a/podcast.mp3" length="7770000" type="audio/mpeg"/>
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@
     <description><![CDATA[
     <p><video class="u-video" src="http://a/vidjo.mov" controls="controls" poster="">Your browser does not support the video tag. <a href="http://a/vidjo.mov">Click here to view directly. </a></video>
     </p>]]></description>
-    <author>-</author>
     <guid isPermaLink="true">http://vidjo/post</guid>
     <enclosure url="http://a/vidjo.mov" length="8880000" type="video/quicktime"/>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
diff --git a/granary/tests/testdata/feed_with_note.rss.xml b/granary/tests/testdata/feed_with_note.rss.xml
index ae0e145a..0060b168 100644
--- a/granary/tests/testdata/feed_with_note.rss.xml
+++ b/granary/tests/testdata/feed_with_note.rss.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 <img class="u-photo" src="http://pic/2" alt="" />
 </a>
 </p>]]></description>
-    <author>-</author>
     <guid isPermaLink="true">http://a/note</guid>
     <enclosure url="http://pic/1" length="0" type=""/>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>