So, who wrote it? :) (Iterating Grace)

[Sheila]

New book of mysterious authorship floating about the echelons of the tech industry.

http://fusion.net/story/146648/who-wr...

Robin's name is mentioned in the article in passing.

Any wild guesses as to who the author may be?

[Sheila]

A follow-up piece to this:

http://fusion.net/story/151772/we-may...

Apparently Sloan was among the list of suspects for a while.

"..I took this as a challenge, of course, and I’ve been trying to track the author down, like any journalist would. Some people thought the project was dark-arts marketing by a Google or Microsoft. Others were sure that it was to generate buzz around a metafictional novel by Joshua Cohen. Accusations were lobbed—by myself and others—at a whole bevy of writers, from Dave Eggers to Caroline Paul to Po Bronson to Mat Honan to Robin Sloan to Paul Ford to Bay Area legend Curtis Schreier to an artist and Pinterest designer named Brian Singer..."

[Derek]

Great question, and I appreciate the mystery you've uncovered here.

No clue who actually wrote this, but it seems the kindle story "Ajax Penumbra 1969" has the same author's name listed as the book.

Please post anything you find!

[Sheila]

This person thinks he may have the answer:

http://teddyroland.com/2015/07/02/att...

[Sheila]

Additional stuff :

http://jusido.com/2015/06/22/oblitera...

From this https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

[Sheila]

Thanks for the information, Steve. Looks like I got mixed up on the bread crumb trail. :)

I do find it fascinating, the widespread attention this mysterious little creation has received.

[Sheila]

With news of the...publishing? Republishing? of Iterating Grace by MacMillan Publishers, thus making it possible for EVERYONE to have their very own physical copy of it,

(http://us.macmillan.com/iteratinggrac...)

I'd like to once again point attention to Steve's blog of the latest facts and/or speculation about the work:

http://jusido.com/2015/09/24/iteratin...

Steve, you echoed my own first (simplistic) thoughts of profits from Iterating Grace. Will total anonymity of the author be assured once MacMillan checks are cut to somebody for this work? Or will the secret be out then?

[Ed]

Sheila wrote: "New book of mysterious authorship floating about the echelons of the tech industry.

http://fusion.net/story/146648/who-wr...

Robin's..."

That's an amazing stunt, thanks so much for sharing. Really got a kick out of that.