lib/goodreads/client/authors.rb in goodreads-0.2.1 vs lib/goodreads/client/authors.rb in goodreads-0.2.2

@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@
     def author(id, params={})
       params[:id] = id
       data = request('/author/show', params)
       Hashie::Mash.new(data['author'])
     end
+
+    # Search for an author by name
+    #
+    def author_by_name(name, params={})
+      params[:id] = name
+      data = request('/api/author_url', params)
+      Hashie::Mash.new(data['author'])
+    end
   end
 end