diff --git a/server/models/Author.js b/server/models/Author.js
index 65561e211..aedeb8777 100644
--- a/server/models/Author.js
+++ b/server/models/Author.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { DataTypes, Model, where, fn, col } = require('sequelize')
+const { DataTypes, Model } = require('sequelize')
 const parseNameString = require('../utils/parsers/parseNameString')
 
 class Author extends Model {
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class Author extends Model {
     /** @type {string} */
     this.lastFirst
     /** @type {string} */
+    this.searchName
+    /** @type {string} */
     this.asin
     /** @type {string} */
     this.description
@@ -35,6 +37,35 @@ class Author extends Model {
     return parseNameString.nameToLastFirst(name)
   }
 
+  static normalizeSearchName(name) {
+    if (!name?.trim()) return null
+    return name
+      .normalize('NFKC') // Standardize compatibility characters
+      .normalize('NFD') // Split accents into combining marks
+      .toLocaleLowerCase('und')
+      .replace(/[\p{P}\p{Z}\p{M}\s]+/gu, '') // Remove punctuation, whitespace, and diacritics
+      .trim()
+  }
+
+  static buildAuthorDerivedFields(name) {
+    const searchName = this.normalizeSearchName(name)
+    if (!searchName) {
+      return {
+        lastFirst: null,
+        searchName: null
+      }
+    }
+
+    return {
+      lastFirst: parseNameString.nameToLastFirst(name),
+      searchName
+    }
+  }
+
+  static isAuthorNameMatch(leftName, rightName) {
+    return this.normalizeSearchName(leftName) === this.normalizeSearchName(rightName)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Check if author exists
    * @param {string} authorId
@@ -53,13 +84,13 @@ class Author extends Model {
    * @returns {Promise<Author>}
    */
   static async getByNameAndLibrary(authorName, libraryId) {
+    const searchName = this.normalizeSearchName(authorName)
+    if (!searchName) return null
     return this.findOne({
-      where: [
-        where(fn('lower', col('name')), authorName.toLowerCase()),
-        {
-          libraryId
-        }
-      ]
+      where: {
+        searchName,
+        libraryId
+      }
     })
   }
 
@@ -114,14 +145,23 @@ class Author extends Model {
    * @returns {Promise<{ author: Author, created: boolean }>}
    */
   static async findOrCreateByNameAndLibrary(name, libraryId) {
-    const author = await this.getByNameAndLibrary(name, libraryId)
-    if (author) return { author, created: false }
-    const newAuthor = await this.create({
-      name,
-      lastFirst: this.getLastFirst(name),
-      libraryId
+    const searchName = this.normalizeSearchName(name)
+    if (!searchName) {
+      return { author: null, created: false }
+    }
+
+    const [author, created] = await this.findOrCreate({
+      where: {
+        searchName,
+        libraryId
+      },
+      defaults: {
+        name,
+        libraryId,
+        ...this.buildAuthorDerivedFields(name)
+      }
     })
-    return { author: newAuthor, created: true }
+    return { author, created }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -138,6 +178,7 @@ class Author extends Model {
         },
         name: DataTypes.STRING,
         lastFirst: DataTypes.STRING,
+        searchName: DataTypes.STRING,
         asin: DataTypes.STRING,
         description: DataTypes.TEXT,
         imagePath: DataTypes.STRING
@@ -160,6 +201,19 @@ class Author extends Model {
           //     collate: 'NOCASE'
           //   }]
           // },
+          {
+            fields: [
+              {
+                name: 'searchName',
+                collate: 'NOCASE'
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            fields: ['searchName', 'libraryId'],
+            unique: true,
+            name: 'unique_author_search_name_per_library'
+          },
           {
             fields: ['libraryId']
           }
@@ -167,6 +221,10 @@ class Author extends Model {
       }
     )
 
+    Author.beforeSave((author) => {
+      Object.assign(author, Author.buildAuthorDerivedFields(author.name))
+    })
+
     const { library } = sequelize.models
     library.hasMany(Author, {
       onDelete: 'CASCADE'
diff --git a/server/scanner/Scanner.js b/server/scanner/Scanner.js
index af4405987..ec466300d 100644
--- a/server/scanner/Scanner.js
+++ b/server/scanner/Scanner.js
@@ -247,15 +247,11 @@ class Scanner {
       }
       const authorIdsRemoved = []
       for (const authorName of matchData.author) {
-        const existingAuthor = libraryItem.media.authors.find((a) => a.name.toLowerCase() === authorName.toLowerCase())
+        const existingAuthor = libraryItem.media.authors.find((a) => Database.authorModel.isAuthorNameMatch(a.name, authorName))
         if (!existingAuthor) {
-          let author = await Database.authorModel.getByNameAndLibrary(authorName, libraryItem.libraryId)
-          if (!author) {
-            author = await Database.authorModel.create({
-              name: authorName,
-              lastFirst: Database.authorModel.getLastFirst(authorName),
-              libraryId: libraryItem.libraryId
-            })
+          const { author, created: isCreated } = await Database.authorModel.findOrCreateByNameAndLibrary(authorName, libraryItem.libraryId)
+          if (!author) continue
+          if (isCreated) {
             SocketAuthority.emitter('author_added', author.toOldJSON())
             // Update filter data
             Database.addAuthorToFilterData(libraryItem.libraryId, author.name, author.id)
@@ -271,7 +267,7 @@ class Scanner {
               hasAuthorUpdates = true
             })
         }
-        const authorsRemoved = libraryItem.media.authors.filter((a) => !matchData.author.find((ma) => ma.toLowerCase() === a.name.toLowerCase()))
+        const authorsRemoved = libraryItem.media.authors.filter((a) => !matchData.author.find((ma) => Database.authorModel.isAuthorNameMatch(ma, a.name)))
         if (authorsRemoved.length) {
           for (const author of authorsRemoved) {
             await Database.bookAuthorModel.destroy({ where: { authorId: author.id, bookId: libraryItem.media.id } })