diff --git a/lib/feed_me/feed_parser.rb b/lib/feed_me/feed_parser.rb
index 739ad12..1e07082 100644
--- a/lib/feed_me/feed_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/feed_me/feed_parser.rb
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ class Rss2FeedParser < FeedParser
 
     has_many :entries, :path => 'item', :use => :Rss2ItemParser
 
-    def author
-      Rss2PersonParser.new(xml, "managingEditor")
-    end
+    has_one :author, :path => 'managingEditor', :use => :Rss2PersonParser
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/feed_me/item_parser.rb b/lib/feed_me/item_parser.rb
index fc78024..0640caf 100644
--- a/lib/feed_me/item_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/feed_me/item_parser.rb
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ class Rss2ItemParser < ItemParser
     property :content, :path => :description
     property :author, :path => :special
 
-    def author
-      Rss2PersonParser.new(xml, "author")
-    end
+    has_one :author, :use => :Rss2PersonParser
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/feed_me/person_parser.rb b/lib/feed_me/person_parser.rb
index a61dd75..2826ab1 100644
--- a/lib/feed_me/person_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/feed_me/person_parser.rb
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ class AtomPersonParser < PersonParser
   class Rss2PersonParser
     attr_reader :name, :email, :uri
 
-    def initialize(xml, selector)
-      item = xml.at("/#{selector}")
-      if(item)
-        @email, @name = item.inner_html.split(/\s+/, 2)
+    def initialize(xml, feed)
+      @feed = feed
+      if(xml)
+        @email, @name = xml.inner_html.split(/\s+/, 2)
         @name = name.match( /\((.*?)\)/ ).to_a[1] if @name # strip parentheses
       end
     end