$def with (authors, name_path, dict_path, readonly=False)
$# :param list[dict] authors: e.g. {name: str, key: str}
$# :param str name_path: form path for the user-visible author name
$# :param str dict_path: form path for the author dict

$# Import for side-effect of defining jsdef functions
$:render_template('jsdef/LazyAuthorPreview', None)

$jsdef render_author_autocomplete_item(item):
    $if item.key == "__new__":
        <div class="ac_author ac_addnew" title="$_('Add a new author')">
            <span class="action">$_("Create a new record for") </span>
            <span class="name">$item.name</span>
        </div>
    $else:
        $:render_lazy_author_preview(item)

$jsdef render_author(name_path, dict_path, readonly, i, author):
    <div class="input ac-input mia__input">
        <div class="mia__reorder">≡</div>
        <input class="ac-input__visible" name="$name_path--$i" type="text" value="$author.name" $cond(readonly, 'readonly', '')>
        <input class="ac-input__value" name="$dict_path--$i--author--key" type="hidden" value="$author.key" />
        <a class="mia__remove" href="javascript:;" title="$_('Remove this author')">[&times;]</a>&nbsp;
    </div>

$ config = {'name_path': name_path, 'dict_path': dict_path}
<div class="multi-input-autocomplete multi-input-autocomplete--author" data-config="$dumps(config)">
    $for author in (authors or [storage(name="", key="")]):
        $:render_author(name_path, dict_path, readonly, loop.index0, author)
    <a href="javascript:;" class="mia__add">$_("Add another author?")</a>
</div>