function llms_get_author( $args = array() ) {

	$args = wp_parse_args(
		$args,
		array(
			'avatar'      => true,
			'avatar_size' => 96,
			'bio'         => false,
			'label'       => '',
			'user_id'     => get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ),
		)
	);

	$name = get_the_author_meta( 'display_name', $args['user_id'] );

	if ( $args['avatar'] ) {
		$img = get_avatar( $args['user_id'], $args['avatar_size'], apply_filters( 'lifterlms_author_avatar_placeholder', '' ), $name );
	} else {
		$img = '';
	}

	$img = apply_filters( 'llms_get_author_image', $img );

	$desc = '';
	if ( $args['bio'] ) {
		$desc = get_the_author_meta( 'description', $args['user_id'] );
	}

	ob_start();
	?>
	<div class="llms-author">
		<?php echo $img; ?>
		<span class="llms-author-info name"><?php echo $name; ?></span>
		<?php if ( $args['label'] ) : ?>
			<span class="llms-author-info label"><?php echo $args['label']; ?></span>
		<?php endif; ?>
		<?php if ( $desc ) : ?>
			<p class="llms-author-info bio"><?php echo $desc; ?></p>
		<?php endif; ?>
	</div>
	<?php
	$html = ob_get_clean();

	return apply_filters( 'llms_get_author', $html );

}