code: function splitAuthor(author) {
  	return author
  		.split(/\s*[,\.\s]\s*/)
  		.filter(function(i) { return !!i }) // Strip out blanks
  		.filter(function(i) { return !/^[0-9]+(st|nd|rd|th)$/.test(i) }); // Strip out decendent numerics (e.g. '1st', '23rd')
  }
docs: Splits an author string into its component parts
  @param string author The raw author string to split
  @return array An array composed of lastname, initial/name