diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/AuthorTag.md b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/AuthorTag.md
index 9e6a5cdaddff1e0541536fe11bf012b94275c5c2..2678e9dc98b9bcfd11f5c390936b22a557a8c625 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/AuthorTag.md
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/AuthorTag.md
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ An author tag.
 ```js
 const authors = [
   {
+    id: 1,
     email: 'john.doe@gmail.com',
     firstName: 'John',
     lastName: 'Doe',
     isSubmitting: true,
   },
   {
+    id: 2,
     email: 'michael.felps@gmail.com',
     firstName: 'Michael',
     lastName: 'Felps',
@@ -16,9 +18,11 @@ const authors = [
     isCorresponding: true,
   },
   {
+    id: 3,
     email: 'barrack.obama@gmail.com',
     firstName: 'Barrack',
     lastName: 'Obama',
+    affiliation: 'US Presidency'
   },
 ];
 
diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/AuthorTagList.js b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/AuthorTagList.js
index 20e5a3bf489d5623676ba60471e1146f275b71bd..1792cd7b3023ed597f3e9e78cef3d6c56a4b2342 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/AuthorTagList.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/AuthorTagList.js
@@ -2,16 +2,24 @@ import React from 'react'
 import styled from 'styled-components'
 import { th } from '@pubsweet/ui-toolkit'
 
-import AuthorTag from './AuthorTag'
+import { AuthorTag, AuthorWithTooltip } from 'pubsweet-component-faraday-ui'
 
 const AuthorTagList = ({
   authors = [],
+  tooltip = false,
   separator = ',',
   authorKey = 'email',
 }) => (
   <Root>
     {authors
-      .map(a => <AuthorTag author={a} key={a[authorKey]} />)
+      .map(
+        a =>
+          tooltip ? (
+            <AuthorWithTooltip author={a} key={a[authorKey]} />
+          ) : (
+            <AuthorTag author={a} key={a[authorKey]} />
+          ),
+      )
       .reduce(
         (prev, curr, index) =>
           index === 0
diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/AuthorTagList.md b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/AuthorTagList.md
index cbd7729f47ca072e5b33a732f2bf291d3b392e5b..f948cc048963e23861808937e68a0a7d09c91304 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/AuthorTagList.md
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/AuthorTagList.md
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ A list of author tags. Used on manuscript card and details.
 ```js
 const authors = [
   {
+    id: 1,
     email: 'john.doe@gmail.com',
     firstName: 'John',
     lastName: 'Doe',
     isSubmitting: true,
   },
   {
+    id: 2,
     email: 'michael.felps@gmail.com',
     firstName: 'Michael',
     lastName: 'Felps',
@@ -16,15 +18,44 @@ const authors = [
     isCorresponding: true,
   },
   {
+    id: 3,
     email: 'barrack.obama@gmail.com',
     firstName: 'Barrack',
     lastName: 'Obama',
+    affiliation: 'US Presidency'
   },
 ]
 
 ;<AuthorTagList authors={authors} />
 ```
 
+A list of author tags with tooltip
+
+```js
+const authors = [
+  {
+    email: 'john.doe@gmail.com',
+    firstName: 'John',
+    lastName: 'Doe',
+    isSubmitting: true,
+  },
+  {
+    email: 'michael.felps@gmail.com',
+    firstName: 'Michael',
+    lastName: 'Felps',
+    isSubmitting: true,
+    isCorresponding: true,
+  },
+  {
+    email: 'barrack.obama@gmail.com',
+    firstName: 'Barrack',
+    lastName: 'Obama',
+  },
+]
+
+;<AuthorTagList authors={authors} tooltip />
+```
+
 Use a different separator and key for mapping the authors.
 
 ```js
diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/AuthorWithTooltip.js b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/AuthorWithTooltip.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2d273d506c6b98ce20f8f7b48cf80f06f563c7b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/AuthorWithTooltip.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import React, { Fragment } from 'react'
+import 'react-tippy/dist/tippy.css'
+import { Tooltip } from 'react-tippy'
+import { ThemeProvider, withTheme } from 'styled-components'
+import { Text, Row, AuthorTag } from 'pubsweet-component-faraday-ui'
+
+const AuthorTooltip = ({ author = {}, key, theme }) => (
+  <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
+    <Fragment>
+      <Row mt={1}>
+        <AuthorTag author={author} key={key} />
+      </Row>
+      <Row>
+        <Text>{author.email}</Text>
+      </Row>
+      <Row>
+        <Text>{author.affiliation}</Text>
+      </Row>
+    </Fragment>
+  </ThemeProvider>
+)
+
+const AuthorWithTooltip = ({ theme, ...rest }) => (
+  <Tooltip
+    arrow
+    html={<AuthorTooltip theme={theme} {...rest} />}
+    position="bottom"
+    theme="light"
+  >
+    <AuthorTag {...rest} />
+  </Tooltip>
+)
+
+export default withTheme(AuthorWithTooltip)
diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/ManuscriptCard.js b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/ManuscriptCard.js
index c0c9117eb40519fbe89598ac1778d3760766bb40..74c9f3e4b45b7b7fd6c473c3f143aabdfa4f004f 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/ManuscriptCard.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/ManuscriptCard.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const ManuscriptCard = ({
       </Row>
       {authors.length > 0 && (
         <Row alignItems="center" justify="flex-start" mb={1}>
-          <AuthorTagList authors={authors} />
+          <AuthorTagList authors={authors} tooltip />
         </Row>
       )}
       <Row alignItems="center" justify="flex-start" mb={1}>
diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/WizardAuthors.js b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/WizardAuthors.js
index b7a6a4d0a005b0b8e395d8203f16da73d892ed48..c5cb13fe3581d2543a0ed58404c3eb6d98fbaf33 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/WizardAuthors.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/WizardAuthors.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 } from './'
 
 const WizardAuthors = ({
-  authors,
+  authors = [],
   moveAuthor,
   addNewAuthor,
   setAuthorEdit,
diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/index.js b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/index.js
index 1d7348d285e38ec23c03fbe4fbf9aea71ea62fb7..d07117a3554b72384abdbf49fe6e6143b2aff927 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export { default as SortableList } from './SortableList'
 export { default as Tag } from './Tag'
 export { default as Text } from './Text'
 export { default as WizardAuthors } from './WizardAuthors'
+export { default as AuthorWithTooltip } from './AuthorWithTooltip'
 
 export * from './styledHelpers'