def author_match(author_obj_1, author_obj_2):
    """
    Match two author objects against eachother

    :param author_obj_1: first author object
    :param author_obj_2: second author object
    :return: True if match, False if not
    """
    t1 = author_obj_1.get("type", "")
    i1 = _normalise(author_obj_1.get("id", ""))

    t2 = author_obj_2.get("type", "")
    i2 = _normalise(author_obj_2.get("id", ""))

    if t1 == t2 and i1 == i2:
        return u"Author ids matched: {t1} '{i1}' is the same as {t2} '{i2}'".format(t1=t1, i1=author_obj_1.get("id", ""), t2=t2, i2=author_obj_2.get("id", ""))

    return False