Doing a bit of research on now common the use rel="author" and rel="publisher" on blogging platforms. Looks like author is been used a lot.

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@glennjones rel="author" has larger impact on SERPS. Publisher is still early days as to what it's immediate impact will be. 12 years ago – Chris Adams on twitter