private dynamic GetAuthorsListItems() { var tmp = Authors.All().ToList(); // Create authors list for <select> dropdown Workaround for https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFramework/issues/2246 return(tmp .OrderBy(author => author.LastName) .Select(author => new SelectListItem { Text = string.Format("{0}, {1}", author.LastName, author.FirstMidName), Value = author.AuthorID.ToString() })); }