diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/fb2/fb2ml.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/fb2/fb2ml.py
index 5fd8be33f1..42feeb2330 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/fb2/fb2ml.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/fb2/fb2ml.py
@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ class FB2MLizer(object):
'%s ' \
' ' \
'%s - %s\n' \
- '\n\n' % (author_first, author_middle,
+ '\n\n' % tuple(map(prepare_string_for_xml,
+ (author_first, author_middle,
author_last, self.oeb_book.metadata.title[0].value,
- __appname__, __version__)
+ __appname__, __version__)))
def get_cover_page(self):
output = u''