diff --git a/openlibrary/plugins/importapi/code.py b/openlibrary/plugins/importapi/code.py
index b8a4ad511474..920a24dc9bbe 100644
--- a/openlibrary/plugins/importapi/code.py
+++ b/openlibrary/plugins/importapi/code.py
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 
 from infogami.plugins.api.code import add_hook
 from infogami.infobase.client import ClientException
-
+from openlibrary.catalog.add_book.load_book import (
+    east_in_by_statement,
+    import_author,
+    remove_author_honorifics,
+)
 from openlibrary.plugins.openlibrary.code import can_write
 from openlibrary.catalog.marc.marc_binary import MarcBinary, MarcException
 from openlibrary.catalog.marc.marc_xml import MarcXml
@@ -115,6 +119,41 @@ def parse_data(data: bytes) -> tuple[dict | None, str | None]:
     return edition_builder.get_dict(), format
 
 
+class AuthorAPI:
+    """
+    /api/author
+    For testing author name resolution.
+    Takes a `rec` with, at minimum, the `authors` key:
+
+    curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/author \
+        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+        -b ~/cookies.txt \
+        -d '{
+        "authors": [{"name": "epictetus"}]
+    }'
+    {'type': {'key': '/type/edition'}, 'authors': [<Author: '/authors/OL5A'>]}
+    """
+
+    def POST(self):
+        web.header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+        if not can_write():
+            raise web.HTTPError('403 Forbidden')
+
+        rec = json.loads(web.data())
+
+        book = {
+            'type': {'key': '/type/edition'},
+        }
+        if authors := rec.get("authors"):
+            book['authors'] = []
+            for author in authors:
+                author['name'] = remove_author_honorifics(author['name'])
+                east = east_in_by_statement(rec, author)
+                book['authors'].append(import_author(author, eastern=east))
+
+        return book
+
+
 class importapi:
     """/api/import endpoint for general data formats."""
 
@@ -740,6 +779,7 @@ def POST(self):
             raise self.error(i, "upload failed")
 
 
+add_hook("author", AuthorAPI)
 add_hook("import", importapi)
 add_hook("ils_search", ils_search)
 add_hook("ils_cover_upload", ils_cover_upload)