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I am having this weird issue wherein if I create and publish a post, I can/am attributed as the author. However, if my editor creates a post and tries to add me as an author, I don't appear. It doesn't work even if I go in after she's done editing and try to make myself author. I still don't appear in the dropdown.

Any idea about what may be the issue here? Can I provided more info/screenshots?

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To what User Role is your username assigned: Administrator, Editor, or Author? – Chip Bennett Dec 21 '12 at 17:48
Admin is the role assigned to my profile. – Jeff Gaudette Dec 21 '12 at 21:39

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Have you tried using an external tool to post and make the changes? Windows Live Writer is quite simple and easy to use. Using this you can change any post's author and other meta content.

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I haven't tried this, but obviously this an issue with wordpress because I should be able to change myself to the author. – Jeff Gaudette Dec 21 '12 at 21:39
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I guess you need administrator permissions to change the authors or modify the user role permissions.

WordPress allows changing the post author only to a super-admin or a user with the right to edit others posts.

Also, an editor only has these permissions

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Right, but as the super admin, I still can't go back and change myself to the author. Let's say I write a post and assign author to "John". I save post. Now I go back and want to change author to me. I am not available as an author. However, if I write the article and don't select an author, I am assigned the author. – Jeff Gaudette Dec 21 '12 at 21:37

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