diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 974ffbf..15dc87d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - URL parameter to points.json to allow returning only the JSON for a single
   team by its team id (e.g., points.json?id=abc123).
 ### Fixed
+- Handle cases where non-legacy puzzles don't have an `author` attribute
 - Handle YAML-formatted file and script lists as expected
 - YAML-formatted example puzzle actually works as expected
 
diff --git a/devel/moth.py b/devel/moth.py
index dc61727..3f4374c 100644
--- a/devel/moth.py
+++ b/devel/moth.py
@@ -412,7 +412,12 @@ class Puzzle:
         self.body.write('</pre>')
 
     def get_authors(self):
-        return self.authors or [self.author]
+        if len(self.authors) > 0:
+            return self.authors
+        elif hasattr(self, "author"):
+            return [self.author]
+        else:
+            return []
 
     def get_body(self):
         return self.body.getvalue()