{{- $authors := .Params.authors -}}

{{ if $authors }}
  {{ if not (reflect.IsSlice $authors) }}
    {{- $authors = slice $authors -}}
  {{ end }}

  {{- $formatted := slice -}}
  {{- range $i, $raw := $authors -}}
    {{- $rawStr := printf "%v" $raw -}}
    {{- $name := replaceRE "^\\s+|\\s+$" "" $rawStr -}}
    {{- if and (not (in $name " ")) (ne $name "") -}}
      {{- $profile := partial "functions/get_author_profile" $name -}}
      {{- with $profile.title -}}
        {{- $name = . -}}
      {{- end -}}
    {{- end -}}
    {{- $parts := split $name " " -}}
    {{- $last := index $parts (sub (len $parts) 1) -}}
    {{- $firstNames := slice -}}
    {{- if gt (len $parts) 1 -}}
      {{- $firstNames = first (sub (len $parts) 1) $parts -}}
    {{- end -}}
    {{- $initials := slice -}}
    {{- range $firstNames -}}
      {{- if ne . "" -}}
        {{- $initial := substr . 0 1 -}}
        {{- $initials = $initials | append (printf "%s." $initial) -}}
      {{- end -}}
    {{- end -}}
    {{- $authorStr := printf "%s, %s" $last (delimit $initials " ") -}}
    {{- $authorStr = replaceRE "\\s+$" "" $authorStr -}}
    {{- $formatted = $formatted | append $authorStr -}}
  {{- end -}}

  {{- range $index, $author := $formatted -}}
    {{- if gt $index 0 }}
      {{- if eq (sub (len $formatted) 1) $index }}, & {{ else }}, {{- end }}
    {{- end }}
    {{- $author }}
  {{- end -}}
{{ end }}