diff --git a/client/components/ui/MultiSelectQueryInput.vue b/client/components/ui/MultiSelectQueryInput.vue
index 27274103..fb9528ce 100644
--- a/client/components/ui/MultiSelectQueryInput.vue
+++ b/client/components/ui/MultiSelectQueryInput.vue
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export default {
       type: Array,
       default: () => []
     },
-    endpoint: String,
+    filterKey: String,
     label: String,
     disabled: Boolean,
     readonly: Boolean,
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ export default {
     return {
       textInput: null,
       currentSearch: null,
-      searching: false,
       typingTimeout: null,
       isFocused: false,
       menu: null,
@@ -97,6 +96,9 @@ export default {
     },
     itemsToShow() {
       return this.items
+    },
+    filterData() {
+      return this.$store.state.libraries.filterData || {}
     }
   },
   methods: {
@@ -109,20 +111,15 @@ export default {
     getIsSelected(itemValue) {
       return !!this.selected.find((i) => i.id === itemValue)
     },
-    async search() {
-      if (this.searching) return
+    search() {
       this.currentSearch = this.textInput
-      this.searching = true
-      const results = await this.$axios
-        .$get(`/api/${this.endpoint}?q=${this.currentSearch}&limit=15&token=${this.userToken}`)
-        .then((res) => res.results || res)
-        .catch((error) => {
-          console.error('Failed to get search results', error)
-          return []
-        })
+      const dataToSearch = this.filterData[this.filterKey] || []
+
+      const results = dataToSearch.filter((au) => {
+        return au.name.toLowerCase().includes(this.currentSearch.toLowerCase().trim())
+      })
 
       this.items = results || []
-      this.searching = false
     },
     keydownInput() {
       clearTimeout(this.typingTimeout)
diff --git a/client/components/widgets/BookDetailsEdit.vue b/client/components/widgets/BookDetailsEdit.vue
index 14a6797e..b42082b5 100644
--- a/client/components/widgets/BookDetailsEdit.vue
+++ b/client/components/widgets/BookDetailsEdit.vue
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 
       <div class="flex flex-wrap mt-2 -mx-1">
         <div class="w-full md:w-3/4 px-1">
-          <!-- Authors filter only contains authors in this library, use query input to query all authors -->
-          <ui-multi-select-query-input ref="authorsSelect" v-model="details.authors" :label="$strings.LabelAuthors" endpoint="authors/search" />
+          <!-- Authors filter only contains authors in this library, uses filter data -->
+          <ui-multi-select-query-input ref="authorsSelect" v-model="details.authors" :label="$strings.LabelAuthors" filter-key="authors" />
         </div>
         <div class="flex-grow px-1 mt-2 md:mt-0">
           <ui-text-input-with-label ref="publishYearInput" v-model="details.publishedYear" type="number" :label="$strings.LabelPublishYear" />
diff --git a/client/pages/batch/index.vue b/client/pages/batch/index.vue
index 50410405..15675fb8 100644
--- a/client/pages/batch/index.vue
+++ b/client/pages/batch/index.vue
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
             </div>
             <div v-if="!isPodcastLibrary" class="flex items-center px-4 w-1/2">
               <ui-checkbox v-model="selectedBatchUsage.authors" />
-              <!-- Authors filter only contains authors in this library, use query input to query all authors -->
-              <ui-multi-select-query-input ref="authorsSelect" v-model="batchDetails.authors" :disabled="!selectedBatchUsage.authors" :label="$strings.LabelAuthors" endpoint="authors/search" class="mb-4 ml-4" />
+              <!-- Authors filter only contains authors in this library, uses filter data -->
+              <ui-multi-select-query-input ref="authorsSelect" v-model="batchDetails.authors" :disabled="!selectedBatchUsage.authors" :label="$strings.LabelAuthors" filter-key="authors" class="mb-4 ml-4" />
             </div>
             <div v-if="!isPodcastLibrary && !isMapAppend" class="flex items-center px-4 w-1/2">
               <ui-checkbox v-model="selectedBatchUsage.publishedYear" />