diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ff690c6..c739446 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "core-js": "^3.6.5",
     "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
     "faker": "^5.5.3",
+    "jsonapi-serializer": "^3.6.7",
     "koa": "^2.13.0",
     "koa-body": "^4.2.0",
     "koa-ejs": "^4.3.0",
diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index bb62135..3024c18 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const assets = require('./assets');
 const mailer = require('./mailers');
 const routes = require('./routes');
 const orm = require('./models');
+const api = require('./routes/api');
 
 // App constructor
 const app = new Koa();
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ app.keys = [
   'these secret keys are used to sign HTTP cookies',
   'to make sure only this app can generate a valid one',
   'and thus preventing someone just writing a cookie',
-  'saying he is logged in when it\'s really not',
+  "saying he is logged in when it's really not",
 ];
 
 // expose ORM through context's prototype
@@ -55,21 +56,31 @@ if (developmentMode) {
 app.use(koaStatic(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'build'), {}));
 
 // expose a session hash to store information across requests from same client
-app.use(session({
-  maxAge: 14 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000, // 2 weeks
-}, app));
+app.use(
+  session(
+    {
+      maxAge: 14 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000, // 2 weeks
+    },
+    app,
+  ),
+);
 
 // flash messages support
 app.use(koaFlashMessage);
 
 // parse request body
-app.use(koaBody({
-  multipart: true,
-  keepExtensions: true,
-}));
+app.use(
+  koaBody({
+    multipart: true,
+    keepExtensions: true,
+  }),
+);
 
 app.use((ctx, next) => {
-  ctx.request.method = override.call(ctx, ctx.request.body.fields || ctx.request.body);
+  ctx.request.method = override.call(
+    ctx,
+    ctx.request.body.fields || ctx.request.body,
+  );
   return next();
 });
 
@@ -85,5 +96,6 @@ mailer(app);
 
 // Routing middleware
 app.use(routes.routes());
+app.use(api.routes());
 
 module.exports = app;
diff --git a/src/routes/api/authors.js b/src/routes/api/authors.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..935e521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/api/authors.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+const KoaRouter = require('koa-router');
+const JSONAPISerializer = require('jsonapi-serializer').Serializer;
+
+const AuthorSerializer = new JSONAPISerializer('authors', {
+  attributes: ['firstName', 'lastName', 'birthDate'],
+  keyForAttribute: 'camelCase',
+});
+
+const router = new KoaRouter();
+
+router.get('api.authors.show', '/:id', async (ctx) => {
+  const author = await ctx.orm.author.findByPk(ctx.params.id);
+  if (!author) {
+    ctx.throw(404, "The author you are looking for doesn't exist");
+  }
+  ctx.body = AuthorSerializer.serialize(author);
+});
+
+router.post('api.authors.create', '/', async (ctx) => {
+  try {
+    const author = ctx.orm.author.build(ctx.request.body);
+    await author.save({ fields: ['firstName', 'lastName', 'birthDate'] });
+    ctx.status = 201;
+    ctx.body = AuthorSerializer.serialize(author);
+  } catch (ValidationError) {
+    ctx.throw(400, 'Bad request');
+  }
+});
+
+module.exports = router;
diff --git a/src/routes/api/index.js b/src/routes/api/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0487e8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/api/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+const KoaRouter = require('koa-router');
+const authors = require('./authors');
+
+const router = new KoaRouter({ prefix: '/api' });
+
+router.use('/authors', authors.routes());
+
+module.exports = router;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 63caace..da8e8dd 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4573,6 +4573,11 @@ inflation@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/inflation/-/inflation-2.0.0.tgz"
 
+inflected@^1.1.6:
+  version "1.1.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/inflected/-/inflected-1.1.7.tgz#c393df6e28472d0d77b3082ec3aa2091f4bc96f9"
+  integrity sha1-w5PfbihHLQ13swguw6ogkfS8lvk=
+
 inflection@1.12.0:
   version "1.12.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/inflection/-/inflection-1.12.0.tgz"
@@ -5539,6 +5544,14 @@ json5@^2.1.2:
   dependencies:
     minimist "^1.2.5"
 
+jsonapi-serializer@^3.6.7:
+  version "3.6.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonapi-serializer/-/jsonapi-serializer-3.6.7.tgz#18299122e7624d962fadaba16c320da6a7c405c0"
+  integrity sha512-usScb34T6mB0QK/AxOpXTpE9iB7JW4/CMhREitzeKv9rV5CdZhdVA8F9zIc7Xz9rjbSv98vOXkuO1HRtM0paSg==
+  dependencies:
+    inflected "^1.1.6"
+    lodash "^4.16.3"
+
 jsonfile@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-4.0.0.tgz"
@@ -5865,6 +5878,11 @@ lodash.sortby@^4.7.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.19.tgz"
   integrity sha512-JNvd8XER9GQX0v2qJgsaN/mzFCNA5BRe/j8JN9d+tWyGLSodKQHKFicdwNYzWwI3wjRnaKPsGj1XkBjx/F96DQ==
 
+lodash@^4.16.3:
+  version "4.17.21"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.21.tgz#679591c564c3bffaae8454cf0b3df370c3d6911c"
+  integrity sha512-v2kDEe57lecTulaDIuNTPy3Ry4gLGJ6Z1O3vE1krgXZNrsQ+LFTGHVxVjcXPs17LhbZVGedAJv8XZ1tvj5FvSg==
+
 log-symbols@^2.1.0, log-symbols@^2.2.0:
   version "2.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/log-symbols/-/log-symbols-2.2.0.tgz"