Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24304025-20150116200351/@comment-25613119-20150320111135

I think Gorin is not the Author

The creators said Gorin the peddler will appear in Storybrooke. The BTS photos also proved that

Moreover, they spoiled that "the search for the author leading Operation Mongoose outside of Storybrooke"

So that means the author is not Gorin since he appeared way before Emma & Regina's roadtrip to New York

Also, revealing the Author's indentity in episode 4x16 is still pretty early