diff --git a/server/objects/mediaTypes/Book.js b/server/objects/mediaTypes/Book.js
index 8148f9d3..cb14292f 100644
--- a/server/objects/mediaTypes/Book.js
+++ b/server/objects/mediaTypes/Book.js
@@ -276,13 +276,18 @@ class Book {
               if (opfMetadata.genres.length && (!this.metadata.genres.length || opfMetadataOverrideDetails)) {
                 metadataUpdatePayload[key] = opfMetadata.genres
               }
-            } else if (key === 'author') {
-              if (opfMetadata.author && (!this.metadata.authors.length || opfMetadataOverrideDetails)) {
-                metadataUpdatePayload.authors = this.metadata.parseAuthorsTag(opfMetadata.author)
+            } else if (key === 'authors') {
+              if (opfMetadata.authors && opfMetadata.authors.length && (!this.metadata.authors.length || opfMetadataOverrideDetails)) {
+                metadataUpdatePayload.authors = opfMetadata.authors.map(authorName => {
+                  return {
+                    id: `new-${Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000000)}`,
+                    name: authorName
+                  }
+                })
               }
-            } else if (key === 'narrator') {
-              if (opfMetadata.narrator && (!this.metadata.narrators.length || opfMetadataOverrideDetails)) {
-                metadataUpdatePayload.narrators = this.metadata.parseNarratorsTag(opfMetadata.narrator)
+            } else if (key === 'narrators') {
+              if (opfMetadata.narrators && opfMetadata.narrators.length && (!this.metadata.narrators.length || opfMetadataOverrideDetails)) {
+                metadataUpdatePayload.narrators = opfMetadata.narrators
               }
             } else if (key === 'series') {
               if (opfMetadata.series && (!this.metadata.series.length || opfMetadataOverrideDetails)) {
diff --git a/server/utils/parsers/parseOpfMetadata.js b/server/utils/parsers/parseOpfMetadata.js
index 07fd305c..16d40409 100644
--- a/server/utils/parsers/parseOpfMetadata.js
+++ b/server/utils/parsers/parseOpfMetadata.js
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ function parseCreators(metadata) {
   })
 }
 
-function fetchCreator(creators, role) {
+function fetchCreators(creators, role) {
   if (!creators || !creators.length) return null
-  var creator = creators.find(c => c.role === role)
-  return creator ? creator.value : null
+  return creators.filter(c => c.role === role).map(c => c.value)
 }
 
 function fetchTagString(metadata, tag) {
@@ -80,11 +79,11 @@ function fetchVolumeNumber(metadataMeta) {
 }
 
 function fetchNarrators(creators, metadata) {
-  var roleNrt = fetchCreator(creators, 'nrt')
-  if (typeof metadata.meta == "undefined" || roleNrt != null) return roleNrt
+  var narrators = fetchCreators(creators, 'nrt')
+  if (typeof metadata.meta == "undefined" || narrators.length) return narrators
   try {
     var narratorsJSON = JSON.parse(fetchTagString(metadata.meta, "calibre:user_metadata:#narrators").replace(/"/g, '"'))
-    return narratorsJSON["#value#"].join(", ")
+    return narratorsJSON["#value#"]
   } catch {
     return null
   }
@@ -128,11 +127,13 @@ module.exports.parseOpfMetadataXML = async (xml) => {
     })
   }
 
-  var creators = parseCreators(metadata)
-  var data = {
+  const creators = parseCreators(metadata)
+  const authors = (fetchCreators(creators, 'aut') || []).filter(au => au && au.trim())
+  const narrators = (fetchNarrators(creators, metadata) || []).filter(nrt => nrt && nrt.trim())
+  const data = {
     title: fetchTitle(metadata),
-    author: fetchCreator(creators, 'aut'),
-    narrator: fetchNarrators(creators, metadata),
+    authors,
+    narrators,
     publishedYear: fetchDate(metadata),
     publisher: fetchPublisher(metadata),
     isbn: fetchISBN(metadata),