public function getAuthors($author)
{
//Get Author information
$data['author_name'] = $author;
$data['author_cover'] = Comicbooks::authors($author)->select('cover_image')->orderBy('published_date', 'asc')->distinct()->get();
$data['author_works'] = Comicbooks::authors($author)->select('book_name')->orderBy('published_date', 'asc')->distinct()->get();
//Check to see if author exist in database. If it doesn't Redirect to a wiki page
$data['has_author'] = count($data['author_works']) ? true : false;
if (!$data['has_author']) {
return Redirect::away("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" . ucwords($author));
}
$this->layout->content = View::make('author', $data);
}
