Rich snippets in Google and WordPress using GD Star Rating
[this post needs to be reformatted and elaborated on, but for now here are the links that helped me get both AUTHOR and RATING rich snippets working on my blog :-)]
VERY nice info on configuring GD Star Rating
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/add-rich-snippets-reviews-wordpress-blog/
Good general overview of the task at hand and all the related info
http://yoast.com/rich-snippets-everywhere/
http://www.sakthiganesh.com/integrating-google-rich-snippets-wordpress
http://wpprobusiness.com/4390/add-rich-snippets-wordpress/
How to test to see if your rich snippets are formatted correctly and visible to Google
http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets