diff --git a/lib/decentralised_book_index/sync/data_transformers/author_transformer.ex b/lib/decentralised_book_index/sync/data_transformers/author_transformer.ex
index 2c8aa3e..07ec8bd 100644
--- a/lib/decentralised_book_index/sync/data_transformers/author_transformer.ex
+++ b/lib/decentralised_book_index/sync/data_transformers/author_transformer.ex
@@ -3,11 +3,20 @@ defmodule DecentralisedBookIndex.Sync.DataTransformers.AuthorTransformer do
   alias DecentralisedBookIndex.Metadata.Author
 
   def from_json(json_body) do
-    author = %{
-      id: get_in(json_body, ["data", "id"]),
-      name: get_in(json_body, ["data", "attributes", "name"]),
-      description: get_in(json_body, ["data", "attributes", "description"]),
-    }
+    author =
+      if Map.has_key?(json_body, "data") do
+        %{
+          id: get_in(json_body, ["data", "id"]),
+          name: get_in(json_body, ["data", "attributes", "name"]),
+          description: get_in(json_body, ["data", "attributes", "description"]),
+        }
+      else
+        %{
+          id: get_in(json_body, ["id"]),
+          name: get_in(json_body, ["attributes", "name"]),
+          description: get_in(json_body, ["attributes", "description"]),
+        }
+      end
 
     {:ok, author}
   end
diff --git a/test/decentralised_book_index/sync/data_transformers/author_transformer_test.exs b/test/decentralised_book_index/sync/data_transformers/author_transformer_test.exs
index a515708..701511e 100644
--- a/test/decentralised_book_index/sync/data_transformers/author_transformer_test.exs
+++ b/test/decentralised_book_index/sync/data_transformers/author_transformer_test.exs
@@ -29,5 +29,23 @@ defmodule DecentralisedBookIndex.Sync.DataTransformers.AuthorTransformerTest do
         description: "Something"
       } = author
     end
+
+    test "a json doesn't contains author information \"data\" attribute" do
+      json_body = %{
+        "attributes" => %{"description" => "Something", "name" => "Author"},
+        "id" => "889a323e-d104-4b5d-b276-dad5a9b1da9d",
+        "links" => %{},
+        "meta" => %{},
+        "relationships" => %{},
+        "type" => "author"
+      }
+
+      assert {:ok, author} = AuthorTransformer.from_json(json_body)
+      assert %{
+        id: "889a323e-d104-4b5d-b276-dad5a9b1da9d",
+        name: "Author",
+        description: "Something"
+      } = author
+    end
   end
 end