diff --git a/lib/Form/Type/FieldType/AuthorFieldType.php b/lib/Form/Type/FieldType/AuthorFieldType.php
index 68366bf51..0362bf29d 100644
--- a/lib/Form/Type/FieldType/AuthorFieldType.php
+++ b/lib/Form/Type/FieldType/AuthorFieldType.php
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  */
 namespace EzSystems\RepositoryForms\Form\Type\FieldType;
 
+use eZ\Publish\API\Repository\Exceptions\NotFoundException;
+use eZ\Publish\API\Repository\Repository;
 use eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\Author\Author;
 use eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\Author\Value;
 use EzSystems\RepositoryForms\Form\Type\FieldType\Author\AuthorCollectionType;
@@ -22,16 +24,37 @@
  */
 class AuthorFieldType extends AbstractType
 {
+    /** @var \eZ\Publish\API\Repository\Repository */
+    private $repository;
+
+    /**
+     * @param \eZ\Publish\API\Repository\Repository $repository
+     */
+    public function __construct(Repository $repository)
+    {
+        $this->repository = $repository;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
     public function getName()
     {
         return $this->getBlockPrefix();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
     public function getBlockPrefix()
     {
         return 'ezplatform_fieldtype_ezauthor';
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param \Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface $builder
+     * @param array
+     */
     public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
     {
         $builder
@@ -40,6 +63,9 @@ public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
             ->addEventListener(FormEvents::POST_SUBMIT, [$this, 'filterOutEmptyAuthors']);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param \Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolver $resolver
+     */
     public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver)
     {
         $resolver->setDefaults(['data_class' => Value::class]);
@@ -48,13 +74,13 @@ public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver)
     /**
      * Returns a view transformer which handles empty row needed to display add/remove buttons.
      *
-     * @return DataTransformerInterface
+     * @return \Symfony\Component\Form\DataTransformerInterface
      */
     public function getViewTransformer(): DataTransformerInterface
     {
         return new CallbackTransformer(function (Value $value) {
             if (0 === $value->authors->count()) {
-                $value->authors->append(new Author());
+                $value->authors->append($this->fetchLoggedAuthor());
             }
 
             return $value;
@@ -64,7 +90,7 @@ public function getViewTransformer(): DataTransformerInterface
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param FormEvent $event
+     * @param \Symfony\Component\Form\FormEvent $event
      */
     public function filterOutEmptyAuthors(FormEvent $event)
     {
@@ -79,4 +105,28 @@ function (Author $author) {
             )
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns currently logged user data, or empty Author object if none was found.
+     *
+     * @return \eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\Author\Author
+     */
+    private function fetchLoggedAuthor(): Author
+    {
+        $author = new Author();
+
+        try {
+            $permissionResolver = $this->repository->getPermissionResolver();
+            $userService = $this->repository->getUserService();
+            $loggedUserId = $permissionResolver->getCurrentUserReference()->getUserId();
+            $loggedUserData = $userService->loadUser($loggedUserId);
+
+            $author->name = $loggedUserData->getName();
+            $author->email = $loggedUserData->email;
+        } catch (NotFoundException $e) {
+            //Do nothing
+        }
+
+        return $author;
+    }
 }