diff --git a/toc_include.ly b/toc_include.ly
index 307bc42..7eb9a09 100644
--- a/toc_include.ly
+++ b/toc_include.ly
@@ -135,7 +135,12 @@
          'elements (list (make-music 'LabelEvent
          'page-label label)))))
    (set! author-index-items (lambda ()
-          (hash-fold (lambda (authorsym authorlist previous-author-items) (append previous-author-items (reverse authorlist))) '() author-index-hash))))
+          (append-map cdr
+            (sort-list
+              (hash-map->list
+                (lambda (authorsym authorlist) (cons (string-downcase (symbol->string authorsym)) (reverse authorlist)))
+                author-index-hash)
+              (lambda (a b) (string-ci<? (car a) (car b))))))))
 
 
 #(define-markup-command (with-link-symbol-ref layout props symbol arg)
@@ -214,7 +219,7 @@
       #(make-on-the-fly-markup
         (lambda (layout props m)
           (interpret-markup layout props
-            (make-justify-string-markup (format-author (ly:output-def-lookup layout 'authorFormat) (chain-assoc-get 'index:text props #f) #f))))
+            (make-justify-string-markup (format-author (ly:output-def-lookup layout 'authorFormat) (chain-assoc-get 'index:text props #f) #t))))
         (make-null-markup))
     \vspace #.4
   }