diff --git a/API/Controllers/PersonController.cs b/API/Controllers/PersonController.cs
index a2ab3bf88..844d7d517 100644
--- a/API/Controllers/PersonController.cs
+++ b/API/Controllers/PersonController.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using API.Data;
 using API.Data.Repositories;
 using API.DTOs;
+using API.DTOs.Filtering.v2;
 using API.DTOs.Person;
 using API.Entities.Enums;
 using API.Extensions;
@@ -80,8 +81,10 @@ public class PersonController : BaseApiController
     public async Task<ActionResult<PagedList<BrowsePersonDto>>> GetAuthorsForBrowse([FromQuery] UserParams? userParams)
     {
         userParams ??= UserParams.Default;
-        var list = await _unitOfWork.PersonRepository.GetAllWritersAndSeriesCount(User.GetUserId(), userParams);
+
+        var list = await _unitOfWork.PersonRepository.GetBrowsePersonDtos(User.GetUserId(), [PersonRole.CoverArtist, PersonRole.Writer], userParams);
         Response.AddPaginationHeader(list.CurrentPage, list.PageSize, list.TotalCount, list.TotalPages);
+
         return Ok(list);
     }
 
diff --git a/API/Data/Repositories/PersonRepository.cs b/API/Data/Repositories/PersonRepository.cs
index dce3f86ef..6847a4286 100644
--- a/API/Data/Repositories/PersonRepository.cs
+++ b/API/Data/Repositories/PersonRepository.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using API.DTOs;
+using API.DTOs.Filtering.v2;
 using API.DTOs.Person;
 using API.Entities.Enums;
 using API.Entities.Person;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public interface IPersonRepository
     Task<string?> GetCoverImageAsync(int personId);
     Task<string?> GetCoverImageByNameAsync(string name);
     Task<IEnumerable<PersonRole>> GetRolesForPersonByName(int personId, int userId);
-    Task<PagedList<BrowsePersonDto>> GetAllWritersAndSeriesCount(int userId, UserParams userParams);
+    Task<PagedList<BrowsePersonDto>> GetBrowsePersonDtos(int userId, List<PersonRole> roles, UserParams userParams);
     Task<Person?> GetPersonById(int personId, PersonIncludes includes = PersonIncludes.None);
     Task<PersonDto?> GetPersonDtoByName(string name, int userId, PersonIncludes includes = PersonIncludes.Aliases);
     /// <summary>
@@ -194,9 +195,8 @@ public class PersonRepository : IPersonRepository
         return chapterRoles.Union(seriesRoles).Distinct();
     }
 
-    public async Task<PagedList<BrowsePersonDto>> GetAllWritersAndSeriesCount(int userId, UserParams userParams)
+    public async Task<PagedList<BrowsePersonDto>> GetBrowsePersonDtos(int userId, List<PersonRole> roles, UserParams userParams)
     {
-        List<PersonRole> roles = [PersonRole.Writer, PersonRole.CoverArtist];
         var ageRating = await _context.AppUser.GetUserAgeRestriction(userId);
 
         var query = _context.Person