diff --git a/themes/blueprint/templates/Recommend/AuthorInfo.phtml b/themes/blueprint/templates/Recommend/AuthorInfo.phtml
index ab58de306a566342e17764602fff13858e66989c..50bb678371b6a0c8c014ca041ff8353401f4788c 100644
--- a/themes/blueprint/templates/Recommend/AuthorInfo.phtml
+++ b/themes/blueprint/templates/Recommend/AuthorInfo.phtml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <img src="<?=$this->info['image'] ?>" alt="<?=$this->escapeHtml($this->info['altimage']) ?>" width="150px" class="alignleft recordcover"/>
   <? endif; ?>
 
-  <?=$this->truncate(preg_replace('/___baseurl___/', $this->url('search-results'), $this->info['description']), 4500, "...") ?>
+  <?=preg_replace('/___baseurl___/', $this->url('search-results'), $this->info['description']) ?>
 
   <div class="providerLink"><a class="wikipedia" href="http://<?=$this->info['wiki_lang'] ?>.wikipedia.org/wiki/<?=$this->escapeHtml($this->info['name']/*url*/) ?>" target="new"><?=$this->translate('wiki_link') ?></a></div>