Critics Question Why an Author Stays Anonymous

Earlier this year, literary agents Matt Latimer and Keith Urbahn “were invited to meet with a senior administration official at a private location. They did not know why until they got there,” the New York Times reports.

Said the person: “I am Anonymous.”

“What ensued was an unusual publishing process involving burner phones, secret meetings in makeshift secure rooms, nondisclosure agreements and an audiobook whose narrator was determined by a coin flip, since no one at the publishing house knew the author’s identity. (The book will be read by a man.)”

“The author wanted to stay anonymous, but was willing to go forward realizing being publicly outed was a risk.”