'How to link author URLs in a bookdown project?

If I have a {pkgdown} website for an R package, I can include the author URLs in _pkgdown.yml:

authors:
  Indrajeet Patil:
    href: https://sites.google.com/site/indrajeetspatilmorality/

And the URL will be present in the website footer:

How can I do the same for a {bookdown} website?

r r-markdown bookdown

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