diff --git wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
index 22c35f5..1e94e95 100644
--- wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
+++ wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
@@ -395,7 +395,43 @@ class WP_List_Table {
 		</select>
 <?php
 	}
-
+	/**
+	 * Display a monthly dropdown for filtering items
+	 *
+	 * @since 3.5.3
+	 * @access protected
+	 */
+	function authors_dropdown( $post_type ) {
+	    global $wpdb, $wp_locale;
+	    if ( !is_multisite() || !wp_is_large_network('users')) {
+    	    $author_ids = $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare( "
+    	            SELECT DISTINCT post_author
+    	            FROM $wpdb->posts
+    	            WHERE post_type = %s
+    	            ORDER BY post_author DESC
+    	            ", $post_type ) );
+            $author_count = count( $author_ids );
+            if ( !$author_count || ( 1 == $author_count && 0 == $author_ids[0] ) )
+                return;
+    		$selected_author = isset( $_GET['author'] ) ? (int) $_GET['author'] : 0;
+    		?>
+    		<select name='author'>
+    			<option<?php selected( $selected_author, 0 ); ?> value='0'><?php _e( 'Show all authors' ); ?></option>
+        	<?php
+        	    foreach ($author_ids as $author_id) {
+                    $author = new WP_User($author_id->post_author);
+        			printf( "<option %s value='%s'>%s</option>\n",
+        				selected( $author->ID, $selected_author, false ),
+        					esc_attr( $author->ID ),
+        					/* translators: 1: month name, 2: 4-digit year */
+        					$author->display_name
+        				);
+        		}
+        	?>
+    			</select>
+    	<?php
+    	    }
+		}
 	/**
 	 * Display a view switcher
 	 *
diff --git wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
index a798a2c..3461a28 100644
--- wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
+++ wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ class WP_Posts_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 				);
 				wp_dropdown_categories( $dropdown_options );
 			}
+			$this->authors_dropdown($this->screen->post_type);
 			do_action( 'restrict_manage_posts' );
 			submit_button( __( 'Filter' ), 'button', false, false, array( 'id' => 'post-query-submit' ) );
 		}