diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77f24a3e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Authors ordered by first contribution.
+
+Ali Ijaz Sheikh <ofrobots@google.com>
+Matt Loring <mattloring@google.com>
+Jon Wayne Parrott <jon.wayne.parrott@gmail.com>
+Brad Abrams <bma@google.com>
+Michael Diarmid <mike.diarmid@gmail.com>
+Justin Beckwith <beckwith@google.com>
+misterpoe <raymondksi@gmail.com>
+Jerry Jalava <jerry.jalava@iki.fi>
+Zach Bjornson <zbbjornson@gmail.com>
+June Rhodes <jrhodes@redpointsoftware.com.au>
+Michael Prentice <splaktar@gmail.com>
+Kelvin Jin <kelvinjin@google.com>
+Steren <steren.giannini@gmail.com>
+Dominic Kramer <DominicDKramer@google.com>
+Adri Van Houdt <adri.van.houdt@gmail.com>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 886f86786..006aa4262 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,20 +17,6 @@
     "profiling"
   ],
   "author": "Google Inc.",
-  "contributors": [
-    {
-      "name": "Ali Ijaz Sheikh",
-      "email": "ofrobots@google.com"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "Matt Loring",
-      "email": "mattloring@google.com"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "Scott McMaster",
-      "email": "smcmaster@google.com"
-    }
-  ],
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.12"