C2C Plug-In: All Posts by Single Author Problem

I’m using c2c customizable post listings plug-in (http://www.coffee2code.com/archives/2004/08/27/plugin-customizable-post-listings/) right now to modify how the post is shown.

However, I’m having trouble showing posts by a single author. I’m adding the code to the author.php page, where I want it to be a profile/bio page + recent posts of that particular author.

I would really like to find a way to make the author id value into a variable, instead of a constant number.

I tried various things including:

[in the plug-in file]
$authors = ‘$author_id’,

[in author.php file]

Please let me know if it is even possible.

– Kevin