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And the Real Author Is . . . Still Anonymous, but Rapidly Getting Richer

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19960201
Author:Linton Weeks; Marc Fisher

The anonymous author of "Primary Colors" -- the fictional treatment of the 1992 Clinton campaign that has soared atop bestseller lists and stymied political Washington's efforts to divine its creator -- is negotiating for a million-dollar paperback contract and a big-money deal for a second book, according to an authoritative New York publishing source.

One day after President Clinton challenged reporters to find out who wrote the novel that portrays him with what one aide called "intense ambivalence," a parade of suspected authors and obsessed insiders took to the TV chat shows and ...

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