# How many novelists are completely anonymous?

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**Created:** [March 2, 2009, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-novelists-are-completely-anonymous/487993 "2009-03-02T11:31:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bag_of_mostly_water/32/1029_2.png) [@Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bag_of_Mostly_Water)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-novelists-are-completely-anonymous/487993/21 "2009-03-05T15:38:10Z")

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The classic [_Go Ask Alice_](http://www.amazon.com/Go-Ask-Alice/dp/1416914633/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236267250&sr=1-1) by Anonymous. The authorship of this book has been debated for years.

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-novelists-are-completely-anonymous/487993/22 "2009-03-06T12:04:03Z")

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> [@Ex\_Chemist](#):
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> The classic [_Go Ask Alice_](http://www.amazon.com/Go-Ask-Alice/dp/1416914633/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236267250&sr=1-1) by Anonymous. The authorship of this book has been debated for years.

Read down to the review by " Lit Teacher Jones ". Some Literature teacher. Cannot spell " plagiarize ". 😃

Glad I read to the bottom of this thread- I was going to post the same book as an example. I’d no idea it was a fake !

Cartooniverse

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