diff --git a/loopback-blog/common/models/author.js b/loopback-blog/common/models/author.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..847e6b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loopback-blog/common/models/author.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = function(Author) {
+
+};
diff --git a/loopback-blog/common/models/author.json b/loopback-blog/common/models/author.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29d16c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loopback-blog/common/models/author.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "name": "Author",
+  "plural": "authors",
+  "base": "PersistedModel",
+  "idInjection": true,
+  "options": {
+    "validateUpsert": true
+  },
+  "properties": {
+    "name": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "required": true
+    },
+    "email": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "required": true
+    }
+  },
+  "validations": [],
+  "relations": {},
+  "acls": [],
+  "methods": {}
+}
diff --git a/loopback-blog/server/middleware.json b/loopback-blog/server/middleware.json
index fbfff81..cde21fe 100644
--- a/loopback-blog/server/middleware.json
+++ b/loopback-blog/server/middleware.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "helmet#frameguard": {
       "params": [
         "deny"
-       ]
+      ]
     },
     "helmet#hsts": {
       "params": {
diff --git a/loopback-blog/server/model-config.json b/loopback-blog/server/model-config.json
index 56f6800..c3f761d 100644
--- a/loopback-blog/server/model-config.json
+++ b/loopback-blog/server/model-config.json
@@ -12,5 +12,9 @@
       "../common/mixins",
       "./mixins"
     ]
+  },
+  "Author": {
+    "dataSource": null,
+    "public": true
   }
 }