diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AuthorList/AuthorAdder.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AuthorList/AuthorAdder.js
index ee937adff8758ab17d94f24e4c2f05040221aa07..1fc5ae03b70f65eb88d19d947a1e2b7f81800e6a 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AuthorList/AuthorAdder.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AuthorList/AuthorAdder.js
@@ -81,16 +81,23 @@ export default compose(
       authorFailure,
     },
   ),
-  withProps(({ currentUser: { admin, username, email }, authors }) => {
-    if (!admin && authors.length === 0) {
-      return {
-        initialValues: {
-          email,
-          firstName: username,
-        },
+  withProps(
+    ({
+      currentUser: { admin, affiliation, firstName, lastName, email },
+      authors,
+    }) => {
+      if (!admin && authors.length === 0) {
+        return {
+          initialValues: {
+            affiliation,
+            email,
+            firstName,
+            lastName,
+          },
+        }
       }
-    }
-  }),
+    },
+  ),
   reduxForm({
     form: 'author',
     enableReinitialize: true,