---
title: ArticleAuthor - GraphQL Admin
description: |-
  Represents the author of an article. This object provides the author's full name for attribution purposes.

  The `ArticleAuthor` is a simple object that contains only the author's name field. When articles are created or updated, the author information is stored and can be displayed alongside the article content.

  Use the `ArticleAuthor` object to:
  - Retrieve the author's name for display in article bylines
  - Show author attribution in article listings
  - Display who wrote specific content

  Note: This object only contains the author's full name. It does not include additional author details like bio, email, or social media links.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/articleauthor
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/articleauthor.md
---

# Article​Author

object

Requires `read_content` access scope or `read_online_store_pages` access scope.

Represents the author of an article. This object provides the author's full name for attribution purposes.

The `ArticleAuthor` is a simple object that contains only the author's name field. When articles are created or updated, the author information is stored and can be displayed alongside the article content.

Use the `ArticleAuthor` object to:

* Retrieve the author's name for display in article bylines
* Show author attribution in article listings
* Display who wrote specific content

Note: This object only contains the author's full name. It does not include additional author details like bio, email, or social media links.

## Fields

* name

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String)

  non-null

  The author's full name.

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## Map

### Fields and connections with this object

* {}[Article.author](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Article#field-Article.fields.author)
* <->[ArticleAuthorConnection.nodes](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/ArticleAuthorConnection#returns-nodes)
* {}[ArticleAuthorEdge.node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/ArticleAuthorEdge#field-ArticleAuthorEdge.fields.node)

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## Queries

* [article​Authors](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/queries/articleAuthors)

  query

  List of article authors for the shop.

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## \<?>ArticleAuthor Queries

### Queried by

* \<?>[article​Authors](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/queries/articleAuthors)