diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/tiktok/extraction/__init__.py b/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/tiktok/extraction/__init__.py
index 3bd6b160d..fa4df8731 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/tiktok/extraction/__init__.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/tiktok/extraction/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from .author import parse_author
 from .hydration import extract_rehydration_data
 
-__all__ = ["extract_rehydration_data"]
+__all__ = ["extract_rehydration_data", "parse_author"]
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/tiktok/extraction/author.py b/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/tiktok/extraction/author.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..414de39b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/tiktok/extraction/author.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""Normalize TikTok author/profile payloads into an ``authorMeta`` dict."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
+_PROFILE_URL = "https://www.tiktok.com/@{username}"
+
+
+def build_author_meta(author: dict[str, Any], stats: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Map an author object + its stats to the ``authorMeta`` output shape."""
+    username = author.get("uniqueId")
+    return {
+        "id": author.get("id"),
+        "name": username,
+        "nickName": author.get("nickname"),
+        "profileUrl": _PROFILE_URL.format(username=username) if username else None,
+        "verified": author.get("verified"),
+        "signature": author.get("signature"),
+        "avatar": author.get("avatarLarger") or author.get("avatarMedium"),
+        "privateAccount": author.get("privateAccount"),
+        "fans": stats.get("followerCount"),
+        "following": stats.get("followingCount"),
+        "heart": stats.get("heartCount"),
+        "video": stats.get("videoCount"),
+    }
+
+
+def parse_author(user_info: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Map a ``webapp.user-detail`` ``userInfo`` (``{user, stats}``) to authorMeta."""
+    return build_author_meta(user_info.get("user") or {}, user_info.get("stats") or {})