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In fact, there are still five that are unknown, with another mystery author story fresh from the
Some authors write under a pen name when they switch genres or audiences—Sandhya Menon writes as
But things get curious when it’s a bestselling author writing under a pen name and keeping
The bookternet has been abuzz with speculation on who could have penned the spicy romance novel Corinne
The author bio for Corinne simply says “Rebecca Morrow is a pseudonym for a New York Times
Add in the content coincidences, like usage of the word “imprint” and general stylistic choices or plot
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But you can’t call a mystery complete based on hunches alone
I checked the Library of Congress catalog listing, which had once outed Stephen King as Richard Bachman
Up next, take a look at the Acknowledgements of the book to find a nod to an
A fellow Rioter checked their digital advanced reading copy of the book and found “Acknowledgments [to come],”
Now comes the deeper digging: Check the publisher and imprint
In this instance, eyeing Meyer as the author of Corinne would be shut down at this stage
Posters on Reddit, TikTok, and Twitter speculated other potential authors, all women in their 50s: Shannon Hale,
Hale’s books are published by Bloomsbury and Random House imprints; Hilderbrand’s by Little, Brown imprints;
This may point us in the direction of Rowell or Young, assuming they stuck with their previous
Things get more serious when you get text-analyzing technology involved
NPR broke down some of the neatest stats from the book, like declaring an author’s favorite
Hemingway’s favorite word list including cognac is just *chef’s kiss*
Unfortunately, I don’t have access to the technology required to run these scans, and the people
That podcast and the wonderful Beth at @thecool_table on TikTok suggest that Corinne wasn’t actually