diff --git a/app/models/concerns/has_public_author.rb b/app/models/concerns/has_public_author.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17cd5edd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/concerns/has_public_author.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module HasPublicAuthor
+  def public_author_id
+    public_author.try(:id)
+  end
+
+  def public_author
+    self.author.public_activity? ? self.author : nil
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/has_public_author_types.rb b/app/models/concerns/has_public_author_types.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6555b8b4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/concerns/has_public_author_types.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module HasPublicAuthorTypes
+  def public_author_id_type
+    GraphQL::INT_TYPE
+  end
+
+  def public_author_type
+    TypeCreator.created_types[User]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/proposal.rb b/app/models/proposal.rb
index 7bd4b7a92..8e67f23dd 100644
--- a/app/models/proposal.rb
+++ b/app/models/proposal.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ class Proposal < ActiveRecord::Base
   include Sanitizable
   include Searchable
   include Filterable
+  include HasPublicAuthor
+  extend HasPublicAuthorTypes
 
   acts_as_votable
   acts_as_paranoid column: :hidden_at
diff --git a/config/initializers/graphql.rb b/config/initializers/graphql.rb
index 306c01890..7213b64d9 100644
--- a/config/initializers/graphql.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/graphql.rb
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 API_TYPE_DEFINITIONS = {
   User     => %I[ id username proposals organization ],
   Debate   => %I[ id title description author_id author created_at comments ],
-  Proposal => %I[ id title description author_id author created_at comments ],
+  Proposal => %I[ id title description author_id author public_author_id public_author created_at comments ],
   Comment  => %I[ id body user_id user commentable_id ],
   Organization => %I[ id name ]
 }
 
-type_creator = GraphQL::TypeCreator.new
+TypeCreator = GraphQL::TypeCreator.new
 
 API_TYPE_DEFINITIONS.each do |model, fields|
-  type_creator.create(model, fields)
+  TypeCreator.create(model, fields)
 end
 
 ConsulSchema = GraphQL::Schema.define do
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ QueryRoot = GraphQL::ObjectType.define do
   name "Query"
   description "The query root for this schema"
 
-  type_creator.created_types.each do |model, created_type|
+  TypeCreator.created_types.each do |model, created_type|
 
     # create an entry field to retrive a single object
     field model.name.underscore.to_sym do
diff --git a/lib/graph_ql/type_creator.rb b/lib/graph_ql/type_creator.rb
index d0dfde580..127599f95 100644
--- a/lib/graph_ql/type_creator.rb
+++ b/lib/graph_ql/type_creator.rb
@@ -22,17 +22,18 @@ module GraphQL
         name(model.name)
         description("#{model.model_name.human}")
 
-        # Make a field for each column
+        # Make a field for each column, association or method
         field_names.each do |field_name|
           if model.column_names.include?(field_name.to_s)
             field(field_name.to_s, TYPES_CONVERSION[model.columns_hash[field_name.to_s].type])
-          else
-            association = type_creator.class.association?(model, field_name)
+          elsif association = type_creator.class.association?(model, field_name)
             if type_creator.class.needs_pagination?(association)
               connection association.name, -> { type_creator.created_types[association.klass].connection_type }
             else
               field association.name, -> { type_creator.created_types[association.klass] }
             end
+          else
+            field field_name.to_s, model.send("#{field_name}_type".to_sym)
           end
         end
       end