diff --git a/blog/entry.php b/blog/entry.php
index eba0f5b260aacaa4ddaf0ed5d17177df89759f2e..ca164459d74abd87a8ae16d3dd53cadd05e1e86e 100644
--- a/blog/entry.php
+++ b/blog/entry.php
@@ -151,3 +151,6 @@
     'nextSiblings'         => $nextSiblings,
     'MetaList'             => $MetaList
 ]);
+
+$Author = new \QUI\Blog\Controls\Author();
+$Author->getBody();
diff --git a/bricks.xml b/bricks.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..29b2c32c0f196c07ba883a27c6517e089116829f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bricks.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<quiqqer>
+    <bricks>
+
+        <!--    author    -->
+        <brick control="\QUI\Blog\Controls\Author">
+
+            <title>
+                <locale group="quiqqer/blog" var="blog.control.author.title"/>
+            </title>
+            <description>
+                <locale group="quiqqer/blog" var="blog.control.author.description"/>
+            </description>
+
+        </brick>
+
+    </bricks>
+</quiqqer>
diff --git a/lib/QUI/Blog/Controls/Author.php b/lib/QUI/Blog/Controls/Author.php
index cf3ac4de2f23811e8834054b2d6ec50ea66d8839..839b166a4ec1cce06b2959d6eb37325e235f0aa8 100644
--- a/lib/QUI/Blog/Controls/Author.php
+++ b/lib/QUI/Blog/Controls/Author.php
@@ -23,13 +23,6 @@ class Author extends QUI\Control
      */
     public function __construct($attributes = [])
     {
-        // default options
-        $this->setAttributes([
-            'avatar' => false,
-            'firstName'     => false,
-            'lastName' => false,
-        ]);
-
         parent::__construct($attributes);
 
         $this->addCSSFile(
diff --git a/locale.xml b/locale.xml
index 55e58fa2b89de70e29db1936d45660cde12cde7b..654da800fb8c6c5c800b2fa37758778df3119a1e 100644
--- a/locale.xml
+++ b/locale.xml
@@ -397,5 +397,15 @@
             <de><![CDATA[Weitere Blog-Einträge:]]></de>
             <en><![CDATA[More Blog-Entries:]]></en>
         </locale>
+
+        <!--    author    -->
+        <locale name="blog.control.author.title">
+            <de><![CDATA[Blog: Autor]]></de>
+            <en><![CDATA[Blog: Author]]></en>
+        </locale>
+        <locale name="blog.control.author.description">
+            <de><![CDATA[Abschnitt, der den Autor eines bestimmten Eintrags anzeigt]]></de>
+            <en><![CDATA[Section showing the author of a given entry]]></en>
+        </locale>
     </groups>
 </locales>
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