Ford Pines

The Author is the mysterious writer of the journals, 1, 2 and 3 in the series Gravity Falls.

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. The author did made small appearances in "Gideon Rises" in Li'l Gideon's flashbacks. 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. So far his name is F. In the "Society of the Blind Eye" reveals that the Old Man McGucket was his assistant. It was revealed in "Not What He Seems" that the author is the brother of Stan Pines.

Once Upon a Time
In Once Upon a Time, the Author is the one who write the storybook that controls the life of everyone in the Enchanted Forest. much like his animated counterpart, he has yet to reveal himself and he is shrouded in mystery. Cruella DeVil, Ursula, Maleficent and Regina are looking to find the Author so they can force him to change the book and get their happy ending