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+from wtforms import SubmitField, StringField, HiddenField, validators, Form
+
+class AuthorForm(Form):
+ id = HiddenField()
+ firstnames = StringField('FirstName(s):', [validators.DataRequired()])
+ surname = StringField('Surname:', [validators.DataRequired()])
+ submit = SubmitField('Save' )
+
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+
+
+
+ authors
+ {% for author in authors %}
+ {{author.surname}}, {{author.firstnames}}
+ {% endfor %}
+
+