M.A. Larson

Mitch A. Larson is a one-time writer for Gravity Falls.

Career
After graduating the University of Miami, Larson moved to New York, where he was hired as an assistant for director Mike Nichols. He worked for Angels in America, Monty Python's Spamelot on Broadway, and Closer.

He later relocated to Los Angeles, where he worked as a writer for Cartoon Network's My Gym Partner's a Monkey. He continued working for various programs and eventually became an animation writer.

Larson eventually made an animated series that "morphed over time into Pennyroyal Academy," his book series. The movie rights were later given to actress and producer Reese Witherspoon and film producer Bruna Papandrea's company, Pacific Standard.