Do you pay attention to the gender, origin, background of the authors you read?

Personally, I do check their about me page to books, but it’s mostly for context as to what inspired them to write the book they were writing in the first place. For example, the character James Vega from “The Sleepless” is based on Victor Manibo’s Filipino background and experiences as a queer man. So I basically pay attention to the author’s background as an addition to the media I’m reading and see what the author is inspired by throughout the story itself! That’s just me tho.