diff --git a/payload/src/access/isUser.ts b/payload/src/access/isUser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..548953c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/payload/src/access/isUser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Access, FieldAccess } from "payload/types";
+import { User } from "../payload-types";
+
+export const isUser: Access<any, User> = ({ req: { user } }) => {
+  // Return true or false based on if the user has an ssg or admin role
+  return Boolean(user?.roles?.some(role => ['user', 'editor', 'admin'].includes(role)));
+
+}
+
+export const isUserFieldLevel: FieldAccess<{ id: string }, unknown, User> = ({ req: { user } }) => {
+  // Return true or false based on if the user has an ssg or admin role
+  return Boolean(user?.roles?.some(role => ['user', 'editor', 'admin'].includes(role)));
+}
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diff --git a/payload/src/collections/Authors.ts b/payload/src/collections/Authors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a09e2f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/payload/src/collections/Authors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { CollectionConfig } from "payload/types";
+import { isAdmin } from "@/access/isAdmin";
+import { isEditor } from "@/access/isEditor";
+import { isSSG } from "@/access/isSSG";
+import { isUser } from "@/access/isUser";
+import { isEditorOrSelf } from "@/access/isEditorOrSelf";
+
+const Authors: CollectionConfig = {
+  slug: "authors",
+  admin: {
+    defaultColumns: ["avatar","name"],
+    useAsTitle: "name",
+  },
+  access: {
+    //TODO: Author can CRUD own post
+    create: isUser,
+    read: () => true,
+    update: isEditor,
+    delete: isEditor,
+  },
+  fields: [
+    {
+      name: "name",
+      type: "text",
+      required: true
+    },
+    {
+      name: "avatar",
+      type: "upload",
+      relationTo: "media",
+      required: false,
+    },
+    {
+      name: "user",
+      type: "relationship",
+      relationTo: "users",
+      admin: {
+        description: 'The selected user will be able to edit this author'
+      },
+    }
+  ],
+};
+
+export default Authors;
diff --git a/payload/src/collections/Posts.ts b/payload/src/collections/Posts.ts
index 45caa48..1c931ee 100644
--- a/payload/src/collections/Posts.ts
+++ b/payload/src/collections/Posts.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { CollectionConfig } from "payload/types";
 import { isAdmin } from "@/access/isAdmin";
 import { isEditor } from "@/access/isEditor";
 import { isSSG } from "@/access/isSSG";
+import { isUser } from "@/access/isUser";
 
 const Posts: CollectionConfig = {
   slug: "posts",
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ const Posts: CollectionConfig = {
   },
   access: {
     //TODO: Author can CRUD own post
-    create: isEditor,
+    create: isUser,
     read: () => true,
     update: isEditor,
     delete: isEditor,
@@ -89,12 +90,11 @@ const Posts: CollectionConfig = {
       },
     },
     {
-      name: "author",
+      name: "authors",
       //TODO: Add active user as default
       type: 'relationship', 
-      relationTo: 'users', 
-      hasMany: false,
-      required: false,
+      relationTo: 'authors', 
+      hasMany: true,
       admin: {
         position: "sidebar",
       },
diff --git a/payload/src/collections/Users.ts b/payload/src/collections/Users.ts
index feaa7c8..333b395 100644
--- a/payload/src/collections/Users.ts
+++ b/payload/src/collections/Users.ts
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ const Users: CollectionConfig = {
         update: isAdminFieldLevel,
       },
     },
-    {
-      name: 'name',
-      type: 'text',
-    }
   ],
 };
 
diff --git a/payload/src/payload.config.ts b/payload/src/payload.config.ts
index dcdbb61..92cb7da 100644
--- a/payload/src/payload.config.ts
+++ b/payload/src/payload.config.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { buildConfig } from "payload/config";
 import path from "path";
 import Posts from "@/collections/Posts";
 import Users from "@/collections/Users";
+import Authors from "./collections/Authors";
 import Media from "@/collections/Media";
 
 export default buildConfig({
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ export default buildConfig({
       },
     }),
   },
-  collections: [Posts, Users, Media],
+  collections: [Posts, Users, Authors, Media],
   typescript: {
     outputFile: path.resolve("/", "types.ts"),
   },