diff --git a/assets/styles/zhd.css b/assets/styles/zhd.css
index 0e4aa7d..0e86161 100644
--- a/assets/styles/zhd.css
+++ b/assets/styles/zhd.css
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
 .db-qn-item--status { border-left-color: var(--db-amber); }
 .db-qn-item--system,
 .db-qn-item--zone { border-left-color: var(--db-red); }
+.db-qn-item--author { border-left-color: var(--db-orange); }
 
 .db-qn-icon {
   grid-area: icon;
diff --git a/index.org b/index.org
index f55896d..50b4478 100644
--- a/index.org
+++ b/index.org
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@
       <span class="db-qn-label">Zone</span>
       <span class="db-qn-meta">external</span>
     </a>
+    <a class="db-qn-item db-qn-item--author" href="https://author.zainezq.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-keywords="authoring">
+      <span class="db-qn-icon">✎</span>
+      <span class="db-qn-label">Author</span>
+      <span class="db-qn-meta">writing</span>
+    </a>
   </nav>
 
   <div class="db-grid">