diff --git a/client/components/app/BookShelfToolbar.vue b/client/components/app/BookShelfToolbar.vue
index bd31768b..9064c914 100644
--- a/client/components/app/BookShelfToolbar.vue
+++ b/client/components/app/BookShelfToolbar.vue
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@
       <template v-else-if="page === 'authors'">
         <div class="flex-grow" />
         <ui-btn v-if="userCanUpdate && authors && authors.length && !isBatchSelecting" :loading="processingAuthors" color="primary" small @click="matchAllAuthors">{{ $strings.ButtonMatchAllAuthors }}</ui-btn>
+
+        <!-- author sort select -->
+        <controls-sort-select v-if="authors && authors.length" v-model="settings.authorSortBy" :descending.sync="settings.authorSortDesc" :items="authorSortItems" class="w-36 sm:w-44 md:w-48 h-7.5 ml-1 sm:ml-4" @change="updateAuthorSort" />
       </template>
     </div>
   </div>
@@ -183,6 +186,30 @@ export default {
         }
       ]
     },
+    authorSortItems() {
+      return [
+        {
+          text: this.$strings.LabelAuthorFirstLast,
+          value: 'name'
+        },
+        {
+          text: this.$strings.LabelAuthorLastFirst,
+          value: 'lastFirst'
+        },
+        {
+          text: this.$strings.LabelNumberOfBooks,
+          value: 'numBooks'
+        },
+        {
+          text: this.$strings.LabelAddedAt,
+          value: 'addedAt'
+        },
+        {
+          text: this.$strings.LabelUpdatedAt,
+          value: 'updatedAt'
+        }
+      ]
+    },
     userIsAdminOrUp() {
       return this.$store.getters['user/getIsAdminOrUp']
     },
@@ -455,6 +482,9 @@ export default {
     updateCollapseBookSeries() {
       this.saveSettings()
     },
+    updateAuthorSort() {
+      this.saveSettings()
+    },
     saveSettings() {
       this.$store.dispatch('user/updateUserSettings', this.settings)
     },
diff --git a/client/pages/library/_library/authors/index.vue b/client/pages/library/_library/authors/index.vue
index 1f8e385b..3906f671 100644
--- a/client/pages/library/_library/authors/index.vue
+++ b/client/pages/library/_library/authors/index.vue
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <app-book-shelf-toolbar page="authors" is-home :authors="authors" />
     <div id="bookshelf" class="w-full h-full p-8 overflow-y-auto">
       <div class="flex flex-wrap justify-center">
-        <template v-for="author in authors">
+        <template v-for="author in authorsSorted">
           <cards-author-card :key="author.id" :author="author" :width="160" :height="200" class="p-3" @edit="editAuthor" />
         </template>
       </div>
@@ -44,6 +44,22 @@ export default {
     },
     selectedAuthor() {
       return this.$store.state.globals.selectedAuthor
+    },
+    authorSortBy() {
+      return this.$store.getters['user/getUserSetting']('authorSortBy') || 'name'
+    },
+    authorSortDesc() {
+      return !!this.$store.getters['user/getUserSetting']('authorSortDesc')
+    },
+    authorsSorted() {
+      const sortProp = this.authorSortBy
+      const bDesc = this.authorSortDesc ? -1 : 1
+      return this.authors.sort((a, b) => {
+        if (typeof a[sortProp] === 'number' && typeof b[sortProp] === 'number') {
+          return a[sortProp] > b[sortProp] ? bDesc : -bDesc
+        }
+        return a[sortProp].localeCompare(b[sortProp], undefined, { sensitivity: 'base' }) * bDesc
+      })
     }
   },
   methods: {
diff --git a/client/store/user.js b/client/store/user.js
index 85babb09..a69ee058 100644
--- a/client/store/user.js
+++ b/client/store/user.js
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ export const state = () => ({
     useChapterTrack: false,
     seriesSortBy: 'name',
     seriesSortDesc: false,
-    seriesFilterBy: 'all'
+    seriesFilterBy: 'all',
+    authorSortBy: 'name',
+    authorSortDesc: false
   }
 })
 
diff --git a/server/controllers/LibraryController.js b/server/controllers/LibraryController.js
index ecea310c..a0233dd2 100644
--- a/server/controllers/LibraryController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/LibraryController.js
@@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ class LibraryController {
     for (const author of authors) {
       const oldAuthor = author.getOldAuthor().toJSON()
       oldAuthor.numBooks = author.books.length
+      oldAuthor.lastFirst = author.lastFirst
       oldAuthors.push(oldAuthor)
     }