How to create a dropdownlist in C# ASP.NET MVC web application w/SQL backend using docker

This is the class:

public class Book
{
    public int id { get; set; }
    public string BookName { get; set; }
    public int AuthorId { get; set; }
    public string AuthorFirstName { get; set; }
    public string AuthorLastName { get; set; }
    public List<Author> Authors_List { get; set; }
}

CSHTML:

    <div class="form-group">
        @Html.LabelFor(model => model.AuthorId, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })
        <div class="col-md-10">
            @Html.EditorFor(model => model.AuthorId, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
            @*@Html.DropDownList("AuthorId", null, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "form-contol"})*@
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.AuthorId, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })
        </div>
    </div>

I just don't understand how to return the authorList as a dropdown