"In 2016, midway through the auction for “The Woman in the Window,” the author’s real name was revealed to bidders. At that point, most publishing houses dropped out."








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"This move reflected an industry-wide unease with Mallory that never became public, and that did not stand in the way of his enrichment: William Morrow, Mallory’s employer at the time, kept bidding, and bought his book." *


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HE LIED ABOUT HIS MOTHER BEING DEAD. HE SAID THAT J.K. ROWLING'S THRILLER GOT BOUGHT BECAUSE OF HIM. I can't. I can't.
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Holy forking shirtballs.
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It's a WILD RIDE.
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I'm only a fraction of the way through the article and I already don't like him.
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I couldn’t keep reading. Mental illness and ego.
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This reads like peak case study on white male privilege in the industry
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At the risk of coming off as completely tone-deaf, it occurs to me that this guy's history is white privilege personified. Hell, even his lies wouldn't have worked unless his status and skin color didn't put him in a position to be trusted on sight by those in power.
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He actively brags so often about getting into programs without doing ANY of the qualifying work... ugh...
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