diff --git a/internal/reader/processor/processor.go b/internal/reader/processor/processor.go
index a3c53be6..8a5bdf56 100644
--- a/internal/reader/processor/processor.go
+++ b/internal/reader/processor/processor.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func isBlockedEntry(feed *model.Feed, entry *model.Entry) bool {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if matchField(feed.BlocklistRules, entry.URL) || matchField(feed.BlocklistRules, entry.Title) || containsBlockedTag {
+		if matchField(feed.BlocklistRules, entry.URL) || matchField(feed.BlocklistRules, entry.Title) || matchField(feed.BlocklistRules, entry.Author) || containsBlockedTag {
 			slog.Debug("Blocking entry based on rule",
 				slog.Int64("entry_id", entry.ID),
 				slog.String("entry_url", entry.URL),
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func isAllowedEntry(feed *model.Feed, entry *model.Entry) bool {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if matchField(feed.KeeplistRules, entry.URL) || matchField(feed.KeeplistRules, entry.Title) || containsAllowedTag {
+		if matchField(feed.KeeplistRules, entry.URL) || matchField(feed.KeeplistRules, entry.Title) || matchField(feed.KeeplistRules, entry.Author) || containsAllowedTag {
 			slog.Debug("Allow entry based on rule",
 				slog.Int64("entry_id", entry.ID),
 				slog.String("entry_url", entry.URL),
diff --git a/internal/reader/processor/processor_test.go b/internal/reader/processor/processor_test.go
index 72469429..a0d5f6f5 100644
--- a/internal/reader/processor/processor_test.go
+++ b/internal/reader/processor/processor_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ func TestBlockingEntries(t *testing.T) {
 		{&model.Feed{ID: 1, BlocklistRules: "(?i)example"}, &model.Entry{Title: "Example", Tags: []string{"example", "something else"}}, true},
 		{&model.Feed{ID: 1, BlocklistRules: "(?i)example"}, &model.Entry{Title: "Example", Tags: []string{"something different", "something else"}}, true},
 		{&model.Feed{ID: 1, BlocklistRules: "(?i)example"}, &model.Entry{Title: "Something different", Tags: []string{"something different", "something else"}}, false},
+		{&model.Feed{ID: 1, BlocklistRules: "(?i)example"}, &model.Entry{Title: "Something different", Author: "Example"}, true},
+		{&model.Feed{ID: 1, BlocklistRules: "(?i)example"}, &model.Entry{Title: "Something different", Author: "Something different"}, false},
 		{&model.Feed{ID: 1}, &model.Entry{Title: "No rule defined"}, false},
 	}
 
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ func TestAllowEntries(t *testing.T) {
 		{&model.Feed{ID: 1, KeeplistRules: "(?i)example"}, &model.Entry{Title: "Example", Tags: []string{"example", "something else"}}, true},
 		{&model.Feed{ID: 1, KeeplistRules: "(?i)example"}, &model.Entry{Title: "Example", Tags: []string{"something different", "something else"}}, true},
 		{&model.Feed{ID: 1, KeeplistRules: "(?i)example"}, &model.Entry{Title: "Something more", Tags: []string{"something different", "something else"}}, false},
+		{&model.Feed{ID: 1, KeeplistRules: "(?i)example"}, &model.Entry{Title: "Something different", Author: "Example"}, true},
+		{&model.Feed{ID: 1, KeeplistRules: "(?i)example"}, &model.Entry{Title: "Something different", Author: "Something different"}, false},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range scenarios {