Ford Pines

The Author is the mysterious writer of the journals, 1, 2 and 3.

Role in the series
Not much is known about him yet, but through out the series, as Dipper was reading the 3, he was curious about the writer for who wrote 3. Since beginning in Season 2, Dipper begun to investigate who is the author, for in Scary-oke, during the Zombie attack, he found that there was invisible ink which had him discover that the tree which had him discover 3 in Tourist Trapped lead to the author's bunker. Only a little more as known about the author in Into the Bunker by going through the bunker and by the Shape Shifter who the author held captive and tried to impersonate him. At the end of the episode, a brief case found by Soos which was a really a laptop which was belonged to the author was a clue to finding more about him. It would seems more about him will be revealed in the rest of Season 2.