diff --git a/RMuseum/Controllers/PDFLibraryController.cs b/RMuseum/Controllers/PDFLibraryController.cs
index 284ec1af..9666413b 100644
--- a/RMuseum/Controllers/PDFLibraryController.cs
+++ b/RMuseum/Controllers/PDFLibraryController.cs
@@ -510,6 +510,32 @@ namespace RMuseum.Controllers
             return Ok(authorsRes.Result.Authors);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// get author by id
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="id"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        [HttpGet("author/{id}")]
+        [AllowAnonymous]
+        [ProducesResponseType((int)HttpStatusCode.OK, Type = typeof(Author))]
+        [ProducesResponseType((int)HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, Type = typeof(string))]
+
+        public async Task<IActionResult> GetAuthorByIdAsync(int id)
+        {
+            var authorsRes = await _pdfService.GetAuthorByIdAsync(id);
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(authorsRes.ExceptionString))
+            {
+                return BadRequest(authorsRes.ExceptionString);
+            }
+
+            if(authorsRes.Result == null)
+            {
+                return NotFound();
+            }
+
+            return Ok(authorsRes.Result);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// add a new author
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/RMuseum/RMuseum.xml b/RMuseum/RMuseum.xml
index 113905d2..1e997e22 100644
--- a/RMuseum/RMuseum.xml
+++ b/RMuseum/RMuseum.xml
@@ -2454,6 +2454,13 @@
             <param name="authorName"></param>
             <returns></returns>
         </member>
+        <member name="M:RMuseum.Controllers.PDFLibraryController.GetAuthorByIdAsync(System.Int32)">
+            <summary>
+            get author by id
+            </summary>
+            <param name="id"></param>
+            <returns></returns>
+        </member>
         <member name="M:RMuseum.Controllers.PDFLibraryController.AddAuthorAsync(RMuseum.Models.PDFLibrary.Author)">
             <summary>
             add a new author