The Unknown Author - Revealed

I do not know why it was such a shock to me when Linda Biagi, who represents Skyhorse in selling foreign rights, reminded me that I should be grateful for 7 deals she made. "After all, she said, you are an unknown author". It never occurred to me that after decades in publishing and being the "go to guy" approving deals with authors such as Stephen King, Erica Jong, Ken Follett, Robert Ludlum, Harold Robins, Gay Talese, that I would be "unknown". And beyond my connection with authors, how...