diff --git a/generic/mixins.py b/generic/mixins.py
index cb72090d..f2d668d1 100644
--- a/generic/mixins.py
+++ b/generic/mixins.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from typing import List
 from django.contrib.auth.mixins import UserPassesTestMixin
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
@@ -13,9 +14,9 @@ class AuthorMixin():
     requires an author many to many field to be defined on the derived class
     
     """
-    author: models.ManyToManyField(User) # Is this correct typing?
+    author = models.ManyToManyField(User)  # Corrected typing
     
-    def get_author_objects(self) -> list[User]:
+    def get_author_objects(self) -> List[User]:  # Updated type hint
         """Returns list of author objects"""
         authors = [i for i in self.author.all()]
         return authors