author.php page in Genesis showing only the title with the title filtered to change the h2 into h3 -- see the other gist https://gist.github.com/carasmo/70a4fd9cc27d5822e03a to get pagination.

author.php

<?php

/**
 * Template Name: Author Page
 */

remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
 
function child_do_custom_loop( ) {
	
	echo '<ul class="entry-content">'; 

	if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();

		printf( '<li class="%s">', join( ' ', get_post_class() ) );

			do_action( 'genesis_before_post_title' );
			do_action( 'genesis_post_title' );
			do_action( 'genesis_after_post_title' );


		echo '</li>'; //* end .entry

	endwhile; //* end of one post
	
		echo '</ul>'; //* close .entry-content
	
	
		do_action( 'genesis_after_endwhile' );

	endif; //* end loop
	
	wp_reset_query();
	     
}
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'child_do_custom_loop' );



//** filter the h2 into h3 for the genesis_post_title

function christina_post_title_output( $title ) {

	if ( is_author() )
	
	    $title = get_the_title();
	
		$permalink = sprintf( '<a href="%s" rel="bookmark">' . $title . '</a>', get_permalink() );
	
		$title = sprintf( '<h3 class="entry-title">' . $permalink . '</h3>', apply_filters( 'genesis_post_title_text', get_the_title()) );
		
	return $title;

}
add_filter( 'genesis_post_title_output', 'christina_post_title_output', 15 );



genesis();

The last one missed the link on the $title for the filter, ooooops! This is fixed now.