diff --git a/bookwyrm/connectors/openlibrary.py b/bookwyrm/connectors/openlibrary.py
index 3106c8bc..728401fd 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/connectors/openlibrary.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/connectors/openlibrary.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class Connector(AbstractConnector):
             author_blob = author_blob.get('author', author_blob)
             # this id is "/authors/OL1234567A"
             author_id = author_blob['key']
-            url = '%s%s.json' % (self.base_url, author_id)
+            url = '%s%s' % (self.base_url, author_id)
             yield self.get_or_create_author(url)
 
 
diff --git a/bookwyrm/tests/connectors/test_openlibrary_connector.py b/bookwyrm/tests/connectors/test_openlibrary_connector.py
index 6f076bea..a9ba8eb3 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/tests/connectors/test_openlibrary_connector.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/tests/connectors/test_openlibrary_connector.py
@@ -92,6 +92,19 @@ class Openlibrary(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(edition['key'], '/books/OL9788823M')
 
 
+    @responses.activate
+    def test_get_authors_from_data(self):
+        ''' find authors in data '''
+        responses.add(
+            responses.GET,
+            'https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL382982A',
+            json={'hi': 'there'},
+            status=200)
+        results = self.connector.get_authors_from_data(self.work_data)
+        for result in results:
+            self.assertIsInstance(result, models.Author)
+
+
     def test_format_search_result(self):
         ''' translate json from openlibrary into SearchResult '''
         datafile = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.joinpath(