diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/ConTeXt.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/ConTeXt.hs
index 6c9a7ace8..55105f786 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/ConTeXt.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/ConTeXt.hs
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ pandocToConTeXt options (Pandoc (Meta title authors date) blocks) = do
                  [ ("toc", if writerTableOfContents options then "yes" else "")
                  , ("body", main)
                  , ("title", titletext)
-                 , ("authors", intercalate "\\\\" authorstext)
-                 , ("date", datetext) ]
+                 , ("date", datetext) ] ++
+                 [ ("author", a) | a <- authorstext ]
   return $ if writerStandalone options
               then renderTemplate context $ writerTemplate options
               else main
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs
index 6782cc14e..412d774e9 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Definition
 import Text.Pandoc.Shared
 import Text.Pandoc.Templates
 import Text.Printf ( printf )
-import Data.List ( (\\), isSuffixOf, intercalate, intersperse )
+import Data.List ( (\\), isSuffixOf, intersperse )
 import Data.Char ( toLower )
 import Control.Monad.State
 import Control.Monad (liftM)
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ pandocToLaTeX options (Pandoc (Meta title authors date) blocks) = do
                  [ ("toc", if writerTableOfContents options then "yes" else "")
                  , ("body", main)
                  , ("title", titletext)
-                 , ("authors", intercalate "\\\\" authorsText)
-                 , ("date", dateText) ]
+                 , ("date", dateText) ] ++
+                 [ ("author", a) | a <- authorsText ]
   return $ if writerStandalone options
               then renderTemplate context $ writerTemplate options
               else main
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Markdown.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Markdown.hs
index 7b3bb9f1f..5f44449f0 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Markdown.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Markdown.hs
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ writeMarkdown opts document =
 pandocToMarkdown :: WriterOptions -> Pandoc -> State WriterState String
 pandocToMarkdown opts (Pandoc (Meta title authors date) blocks) = do
   title' <- inlineListToMarkdown opts title
-  authors' <- liftM (hcat . intersperse (text "; ")) $
-                mapM (inlineListToMarkdown opts) authors
+  authors' <- mapM (inlineListToMarkdown opts) authors
   date' <- inlineListToMarkdown opts date
   let titleblock = not $ null title && null authors && null date
   let headerBlocks = filter isHeaderBlock blocks
@@ -76,10 +75,10 @@ pandocToMarkdown opts (Pandoc (Meta title authors date) blocks) = do
                  [ ("toc", render toc)
                  , ("body", main)
                  , ("title", render title')
-                 , ("authors", render authors')
                  , ("date", render date')
                  ] ++
-                 [ ("titleblock", "yes") | titleblock ]
+                 [ ("titleblock", "yes") | titleblock ] ++
+                 [ ("author", render a) | a <- authors' ]
   if writerStandalone opts
      then return $ renderTemplate context $ writerTemplate opts
      else return main
diff --git a/templates/context.template b/templates/context.template
index 6b9c04a7e..3981d1c51 100644
--- a/templates/context.template
+++ b/templates/context.template
@@ -78,9 +78,7 @@ $endfor$
 $if(title)$
 \doctitle{$title$}
 $endif$
-$if(authors)$
-\author{$authors$}
-$endif$
+\author{$for(author)$$author$$sep$\\$endfor$}
 $if(date)$
 \date{$date$}
 $endif$
diff --git a/templates/latex.template b/templates/latex.template
index 407348b52..80f34857d 100644
--- a/templates/latex.template
+++ b/templates/latex.template
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ $endfor$
 $if(title)$
 \title{$title$}
 $endif$
-$if(authors)$
-\author{$authors$}
-$endif$
+\author{$for(author)$$author$$sep$\\$endfor$}
 $if(date)$
 \date{$date$}
 $endif$
diff --git a/templates/markdown.template b/templates/markdown.template
index 70f1b59b0..6124462ba 100644
--- a/templates/markdown.template
+++ b/templates/markdown.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 $if(titleblock)$
 % $title$
-% $authors$
+% $for(author)$$author$$sep$; $endfor$
 % $date$
 
 $endif$