diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
index cd1312966..85f9fcbf0 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -317,11 +317,11 @@ title = try $ do
 authors :: GenParser Char ParserState Block
 authors = try $ do
   string "\\author{"
-  authors' <- sepBy (many1 (notFollowedBy (oneOf "};,") >> inline)) (oneOf ",;")
+  raw <- many1 (notFollowedBy (char '}') >> inline)
+  let authors' = map normalizeSpaces $ splitBy LineBreak raw
   char '}'
   spaces
-  let authors'' = map normalizeSpaces authors'
-  updateState (\s -> s { stateAuthors = authors'' })
+  updateState (\s -> s { stateAuthors = authors' })
   return Null
 
 date :: GenParser Char ParserState Block