How to set dropdown source with code-first Items.

Lets say i have the following two items:

    [Name("Blog Post")]
    [Category("Blog")]
    public class BlogPost : ItemEntry
    {
        [Text]
        public string Title { get; set; }
        [DropdownList]
        public string Author { get; set; }
    }

    [Name("Author")]
    [Category("Blog")]
    public class BlogPostAuthor: ItemEntry
    {
        [Text]
        public string Name { get; set; }
        [RichText]
        public string Bio { get; set; }
    }

How would i relate Author from BlogPost to BlogPostAuthor. I guess what i really want, is to set the "source type" on the dropdown list. Is this possible when using the code-first approach?

I tried using the attribute:

[Field("Author", typeof(Dynamicweb.Content.Items.Editors.DropDownListEditor<BlogPostAuthor>))]

But that did not work.

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How to set dropdown source with code-first Items.

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