Sorry for the delay in answering, that whole "work" thing got in the way. I tried most of your suggestions before I ever posted... trying to figure it out on my own. The first thing I always do is assume I've done something stupid with the metadata, and check that. I did right click and manage authors. I even hit "reset all" in the author management dialogue, and nothing changed. However, Charles got it again.... somehow I must have clicked "sort by...." something else at the bottom of that pane, and didn't notice. Because when I just went back and hit "sort by name" again, it fixed it. Thank you, Charles!