how to make an active email link with XSLT

Hi
XML with XSLT to HTML

I am trying to make an email link active. Like this:

<a href="mailto:me@home.com">me@home.com</a>

Markup in the XML file:
<bookauthor email="me@home.com">

This doesn't work.
XSLT file:
<xsl:template match="/bookstore/book/bookauthor">
<xsl:for-each select="@email">
<xsl:variable name="email">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:variable>
<a href="mailto:<xsl:value-of select="$email" />"><xsl:value-of select="$email" /></a>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>

I get <a mailto:$email>me@home.com</a>

Help!
Thankz for any assistance!
Beth

hi bethpcuser
I think you should write like this

<a href="mailto:<xsl:value-of select="{$email} " />"><xsl:value-of select="$email" /></a>