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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def item_author_name(self, item):
 """ Return the first author of an entry. """

        if item.authors.count():
            self.item_author = item.authors.all()[0]
            return self.item_author.__str__()