diff --git a/data/templates/atom.xml b/data/templates/atom.xml
--- a/data/templates/atom.xml
+++ b/data/templates/atom.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     <id>$root$$url$</id>
     <author>
         <name>$authorName$</name>
+        <email>$authorEmail$</email>
     </author>
     <updated>$updated$</updated>
     $body$
diff --git a/hakyll.cabal b/hakyll.cabal
--- a/hakyll.cabal
+++ b/hakyll.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:    hakyll
-Version: 3.3.0.1
+Version: 3.4.0.0
 
 Synopsis: A static website compiler library
 Description:
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     blaze-markup >= 0.5.1  && < 0.6,
     bytestring   >= 0.9    && < 0.10,
     citeproc-hs  >= 0.3.2  && < 0.4,
-    containers   >= 0.3    && < 0.5,
+    containers   >= 0.3    && < 0.6,
     cryptohash   >= 0.7    && < 0.8,
     directory    >= 1.0    && < 1.2,
     filepath     >= 1.0    && < 1.4,
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
     blaze-markup >= 0.5.1  && < 0.6,
     bytestring   >= 0.9    && < 0.10,
     citeproc-hs  >= 0.3.2  && < 0.4,
-    containers   >= 0.3    && < 0.5,
+    containers   >= 0.3    && < 0.6,
     cryptohash   >= 0.7    && < 0.8,
     directory    >= 1.0    && < 1.2,
     filepath     >= 1.0    && < 1.4,
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Web/Feed.hs b/src/Hakyll/Web/Feed.hs
--- a/src/Hakyll/Web/Feed.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Web/Feed.hs
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
       feedDescription :: String
     , -- | Name of the feed author.
       feedAuthorName  :: String
+    , -- | Email of the feed author.
+      feedAuthorEmail :: String
     , -- | Absolute root URL of the feed site (e.g. @http://jaspervdj.be@)
       feedRoot        :: String
     } deriving (Show, Eq)
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@
              $ trySetField "title"       (feedTitle configuration)
              $ trySetField "description" (feedDescription configuration)
              $ trySetField "authorName"  (feedAuthorName configuration)
+             $ trySetField "authorEmail" (feedAuthorEmail configuration)
              $ trySetField "root"        (feedRoot configuration)
              $ trySetField "url"         url
              $ fromBody body