SELECT 
  CONCAT(u.firstname, ' ', u.lastname) as author, 
  b.page_id 
FROM 
  netting_blog_authors as b 
  LEFT JOIN netting_users as u ON b.user_id = u.user_id 
WHERE 
  b.page_id IN (7, 8, 44, 43)

Query time 0.00050

JSON explain

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  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "nested_loop": [
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "b",
          "access_type": "range",
          "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY"],
          "key": "PRIMARY",
          "key_length": "3",
          "used_key_parts": ["page_id"],
          "rows": 6,
          "filtered": 100,
          "attached_condition": "b.page_id in (7,8,44,43)",
          "using_index": true
        }
      },
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "u",
          "access_type": "eq_ref",
          "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY"],
          "key": "PRIMARY",
          "key_length": "3",
          "used_key_parts": ["user_id"],
          "ref": ["pucuda_cscart.b.user_id"],
          "rows": 1,
          "filtered": 100
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}