diff --git a/fedireads/templates/author.html b/fedireads/templates/author.html
index 7c54361e0..191ad6bab 100644
--- a/fedireads/templates/author.html
+++ b/fedireads/templates/author.html
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 <div id="content">
     <div>
         <h2>{{ author.data.name }}</h2>
+        {% if author.data.bio %}
+        <blockquote>{{ author.data.bio | author_bio }}
+        </blockquote>
+        {% endif %}
         {% for book in books %}
         <div class="book-preview">
             {% include 'snippets/book.html' with book=book size=large description=True %}
diff --git a/fedireads/templatetags/fr_display.py b/fedireads/templatetags/fr_display.py
index a112b4369..9beec01dc 100644
--- a/fedireads/templatetags/fr_display.py
+++ b/fedireads/templatetags/fr_display.py
@@ -26,3 +26,9 @@ def description_format(description):
         description = description.split('----------')[0]
 
     return description.strip()
+
+@register.filter(name='author_bio')
+def bio_format(bio):
+    ''' clean up OL author bios '''
+    bio = bio.split('\n')
+    return bio[0].strip()