diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigrateRootOptionsRule.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigrateRootOptionsRule.cs
index 73760a3a0..f8ee1d9c9 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigrateRootOptionsRule.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration/Rules/MigrateRootOptionsRule.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
 
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Transforms;
 using Project = Microsoft.DotNet.Internal.ProjectModel.Project;
 
@@ -22,7 +24,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Rules
                 CopyrightTransform,
                 TitleTransform,
                 LanguageTransform,
-                VersionTransform
+                VersionTransform,
+                AuthorsTransform
             };
         }
 
@@ -42,23 +45,34 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Rules
             }
         }
         
-        private AddPropertyTransform<Project> DescriptionTransform => new AddPropertyTransform<Project>("Description",
+        private AddPropertyTransform<Project> DescriptionTransform => new AddPropertyTransform<Project>(
+            "Description",
             project => project.Description,
             project => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(project.Description));
 
-        private AddPropertyTransform<Project> CopyrightTransform => new AddPropertyTransform<Project>("Copyright",
+        private AddPropertyTransform<Project> CopyrightTransform => new AddPropertyTransform<Project>(
+            "Copyright",
             project => project.Copyright,
             project => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(project.Copyright));
 
-        private AddPropertyTransform<Project> TitleTransform => new AddPropertyTransform<Project>("AssemblyTitle",
+        private AddPropertyTransform<Project> TitleTransform => new AddPropertyTransform<Project>(
+            "AssemblyTitle",
             project => project.Title,
             project => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(project.Title));
 
-        private AddPropertyTransform<Project> LanguageTransform => new AddPropertyTransform<Project>("NeutralLanguage",
+        private AddPropertyTransform<Project> LanguageTransform => new AddPropertyTransform<Project>(
+            "NeutralLanguage",
             project => project.Language,
             project => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(project.Language));
 
-        private AddPropertyTransform<Project> VersionTransform => new AddPropertyTransform<Project>("VersionPrefix",
-            project => project.Version.ToString(), p => true);
+        private AddPropertyTransform<Project> VersionTransform => new AddPropertyTransform<Project>(
+            "VersionPrefix",
+            project => project.Version.ToString(),
+            p => true);
+
+        private AddPropertyTransform<Project> AuthorsTransform => new AddPropertyTransform<Project>(
+            "Authors",
+            project => string.Join(";", project.Authors),
+            project => project.Authors.OrEmptyIfNull().Any());
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigrateRootOptions.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigrateRootOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ddf6dcfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests/Rules/GivenThatIWantToMigrateRootOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.Build.Construction;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Rules;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectJsonMigration.Tests
+{
+    public class GivenThatIWantToMigrateRootOptions : TestBase
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_migrates_authors()
+        {
+            var mockProj = RunPropertiesRuleOnPj(@"
+                {
+                    ""authors"": [ ""Some author"", ""Some other author"" ]
+                }");
+
+            mockProj.Properties.Count(p => p.Name == "Authors").Should().Be(1);
+            mockProj.Properties.First(p => p.Name == "Authors").Value.Should().Be(
+                "Some author;Some other author");
+        }
+        
+        private ProjectRootElement RunPropertiesRuleOnPj(string project, string testDirectory = null)
+        {
+            testDirectory = testDirectory ?? Temp.CreateDirectory().Path;
+            return TemporaryProjectFileRuleRunner.RunRules(new IMigrationRule[]
+            {
+                new MigrateRootOptionsRule()
+            }, project, testDirectory);
+        }
+    }
+}
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