diff --git a/generator/sefariasqlite/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/github/kdroidfilter/seforimlibrary/sefariasqlite/SefariaAuthorNames.kt b/generator/sefariasqlite/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/github/kdroidfilter/seforimlibrary/sefariasqlite/SefariaAuthorNames.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0041ea83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generator/sefariasqlite/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/github/kdroidfilter/seforimlibrary/sefariasqlite/SefariaAuthorNames.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package io.github.kdroidfilter.seforimlibrary.sefariasqlite
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonElement
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.jsonObject
+
+/**
+ * Hebrew names for Sefaria authors whose topic has an empty `he` title upstream,
+ * keyed by Sefaria topic slug. Without them the book gets a blank author.
+ */
+private val missingHebrewAuthorNames = mapOf(
+    "abraham-cohen" to "אברהם כהן",
+    "joseph-albo" to "יוסף אלבו",
+    "meir-posner" to "מאיר פוזנר",
+    "meshullam-feivush-heller" to "משולם פייבוש הלר",
+    "nissim-chaim-moshe-mizrachi" to "ניסים חיים משה מזרחי",
+    "nissim-gaon" to "ניסים גאון",
+    "sherira-gaon" to "שרירא גאון",
+    "shmuel-bornsztain-of-sochatchov" to "שמואל בורנשטיין מסוכטשוב",
+    "yissachar-eilenburg" to "יששכר בער איילנבורג",
+    "yisrael-friedman1" to "ישראל פרידמן מרוז'ין",
+    "yitzchak-adarbi" to "יצחק אדרבי",
+)
+
+/**
+ * Resolves the Hebrew name of a Sefaria `authors` entry: its `he` title, else a known
+ * override for its slug, else its English name. Returns null when none is usable.
+ */
+internal fun resolveSefariaAuthorName(author: JsonElement): String? {
+    val obj = author.jsonObject
+    return obj["he"]?.stringOrNull()?.trim()?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
+        ?: obj["slug"]?.stringOrNull()?.let { missingHebrewAuthorNames[it] }
+        ?: obj["en"]?.stringOrNull()?.trim()?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
+}
diff --git a/generator/sefariasqlite/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/github/kdroidfilter/seforimlibrary/sefariasqlite/SefariaBookPayloadReader.kt b/generator/sefariasqlite/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/github/kdroidfilter/seforimlibrary/sefariasqlite/SefariaBookPayloadReader.kt
index 42dd9a48..00e1abbd 100644
--- a/generator/sefariasqlite/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/github/kdroidfilter/seforimlibrary/sefariasqlite/SefariaBookPayloadReader.kt
+++ b/generator/sefariasqlite/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/github/kdroidfilter/seforimlibrary/sefariasqlite/SefariaBookPayloadReader.kt
@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@ internal class SefariaBookPayloadReader(
                 ?: textJson["categories"]?.jsonArray?.mapNotNull { it.jsonPrimitive.contentOrNull }
                 ?: emptyList()
 
-            val authors = schemaJson["authors"]?.jsonArray?.mapNotNull { author ->
-                author.jsonObject["he"]?.stringOrNull()
-            } ?: emptyList()
+            val authors = schemaJson["authors"]?.jsonArray?.mapNotNull(::resolveSefariaAuthorName).orEmpty()
 
             val (lines, refs, headings) = buildBookContent(
                 schemaObj = schemaObj,
diff --git a/generator/sefariasqlite/src/jvmTest/kotlin/io/github/kdroidfilter/seforimlibrary/sefariasqlite/SefariaAuthorNamesTest.kt b/generator/sefariasqlite/src/jvmTest/kotlin/io/github/kdroidfilter/seforimlibrary/sefariasqlite/SefariaAuthorNamesTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..754b6d40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generator/sefariasqlite/src/jvmTest/kotlin/io/github/kdroidfilter/seforimlibrary/sefariasqlite/SefariaAuthorNamesTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package io.github.kdroidfilter.seforimlibrary.sefariasqlite
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertNull
+
+/**
+ * Regression for https://github.com/kdroidFilter/Zayit/issues/444: Sefaria ships
+ * Admat Kodesh's author with an empty `he` title, which produced a blank author.
+ */
+class SefariaAuthorNamesTest {
+    private fun resolve(json: String) = resolveSefariaAuthorName(Json.parseToJsonElement(json))
+
+    @Test
+    fun keepsSefariaHebrewName() {
+        assertEquals("רש״י", resolve("""{"en": "Rashi", "he": "רש״י", "slug": "rashi"}"""))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun usesOverrideWhenHebrewNameIsEmpty() {
+        assertEquals(
+            "ניסים חיים משה מזרחי",
+            resolve("""{"en": "Nissim Chaim Moshe Mizrachi", "he": "", "slug": "nissim-chaim-moshe-mizrachi"}"""),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun fallsBackToEnglishForUnknownSlug() {
+        assertEquals("Someone", resolve("""{"en": "Someone", "he": " ", "slug": "someone"}"""))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun dropsAuthorWithoutAnyName() {
+        assertNull(resolve("""{"en": "", "he": "", "slug": "nobody"}"""))
+    }
+}