WordPress - Get authors

get_authors.php

//Get All Authors
function get_all_authors($authCount=INF) {
	global $wpdb;
	$i = 0;
	foreach ( $wpdb->get_results("SELECT DISTINCT post_author, COUNT(ID) AS count FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND " . get_private_posts_cap_sql( 'post' ) . " GROUP BY post_author") as $row ){
		if($authCount && $i >= $authCount){ break; }
	    $author = get_userdata( $row->post_author );
	    $authors[$row->post_author]['name'] = $author->display_name;
	    $authors[$row->post_author]['post_count'] = $row->count;
	    $authors[$row->post_author]['ID'] = $author->ID;
	    $authors[$row->post_author]['desc'] = $author->user_description;
	    $authors[$row->post_author]['posts_url'] = get_author_posts_url( $author->ID, $author->user_nicename );
	    $authors[$row->post_author]['nice_name'] = $author->first_name.' '.$author->last_name;
	    $i++;
	}
	return $authors;
}