diff --git a/apps/hadis/migrations/0034_bookauthor_image.py b/apps/hadis/migrations/0034_bookauthor_image.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de86ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/hadis/migrations/0034_bookauthor_image.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.30 on 2026-08-23 16:19
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('hadis', '0033_bookeditor'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='bookauthor',
+            name='image',
+            field=models.ImageField(blank=True, help_text='image allowed', null=True, upload_to='hadis/author_images/', verbose_name='Image'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/apps/hadis/models/reference.py b/apps/hadis/models/reference.py
index be0f4f8..32ac206 100644
--- a/apps/hadis/models/reference.py
+++ b/apps/hadis/models/reference.py
@@ -352,7 +352,13 @@ class BookAuthor(LowercaseSlugMixin, models.Model):
     birth_year_miladi = models.IntegerField(verbose_name=_("Birth Year (Miladi)"), null=True, blank=True)
     death_year_miladi = models.IntegerField(verbose_name=_("Death Year (Miladi)"), null=True, blank=True)
     
-
+    image = models.ImageField(
+        upload_to='hadis/author_images/',
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
+        help_text=_('image allowed'),
+        verbose_name=_('Image')
+    )
 
     created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, verbose_name=_('created at'))
     updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, verbose_name=_('updated at'))
diff --git a/apps/hadis/serializers/reference_v2.py b/apps/hadis/serializers/reference_v2.py
index 6b87afa..5d799f1 100644
--- a/apps/hadis/serializers/reference_v2.py
+++ b/apps/hadis/serializers/reference_v2.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class BookAuthorV2Serializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     name = LocalizedField()
     class Meta:
         model = BookAuthor
-        fields = ['id', 'name', 'slug']
+        fields = ['id', 'name', 'slug', 'image']
 
 class BookResearcherV2Serializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     name = LocalizedField()
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ class BookAuthorListSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
     class Meta:
         model = BookAuthor
-        fields = ['id', 'slug', 'name', 'birth_year_hijri', 'birth_year_miladi']
+        fields = ['id', 'slug', 'name', 'image', 'birth_year_hijri', 'birth_year_miladi']
 
 
 class BookAuthorDetailSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class BookAuthorDetailSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = BookAuthor
         fields = [
-            'id', 'slug', 'name', 'known_as', 'scholarity', 
+            'id', 'slug', 'name', 'image', 'known_as', 'scholarity', 
             'tabaqa', 'rutba', 'features', 
             'birth_year_hijri', 'death_year_hijri', 
             'birth_year_miladi', 'death_year_miladi',
diff --git a/apps/hadis/serializers/serializers_admin.py b/apps/hadis/serializers/serializers_admin.py
index 2fb079d..d6daa8a 100644
--- a/apps/hadis/serializers/serializers_admin.py
+++ b/apps/hadis/serializers/serializers_admin.py
@@ -823,12 +823,17 @@ class AdminBookTypeSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
 
 class AdminBookAuthorSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    image = AbsoluteImageField(required=False, allow_null=True)
+    remove_image = serializers.BooleanField(write_only=True, required=False, default=False)
+
     class Meta:
         model = BookAuthor
         fields = [
             "id",
             "name",
             "slug",
+            "image",
+            "remove_image",
             "birth_year_hijri",
             "death_year_hijri",
             "birth_year_miladi",
@@ -843,6 +848,33 @@ class AdminBookAuthorSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
         ]
         read_only_fields = ["id", "slug"]
 
+    def to_internal_value(self, data):
+        import json
+        mutable_data = safe_copy_data(data)
+        for json_field in ["name", "known_as", "scholarity", "tabaqa", "rutba", "features", "book_references"]:
+            val = mutable_data.get(json_field)
+            if isinstance(val, str):
+                try:
+                    mutable_data[json_field] = json.loads(val)
+                except ValueError:
+                    pass
+        for int_field in ["birth_year_hijri", "death_year_hijri", "birth_year_miladi", "death_year_miladi", "related_narrator"]:
+            val = mutable_data.get(int_field)
+            if val == "" or val == "null" or val == "undefined":
+                mutable_data[int_field] = None
+        return super().to_internal_value(mutable_data)
+
+    def create(self, validated_data):
+        validated_data.pop("remove_image", False)
+        return super().create(validated_data)
+
+    def update(self, instance, validated_data):
+        remove_image = validated_data.pop("remove_image", False)
+        if remove_image and instance.image:
+            instance.image.delete(save=False)
+            instance.image = None
+        return super().update(instance, validated_data)
+
 
 class AdminBookAttributeSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     class Meta: