Filippo Bernardini impersonated agents and publishers to obtain works from writers including Atwood, McEwan and Rooney
Photograph: Henry Nicholls/ReutersPhotograph: Henry Nicholls/ReutersAn Italian man has admitted to stealing more than 1,000 unpublished manuscripts, including from distinguished authors, solving a mystery that had puzzled the literary world for years.
Bernardini, who worked in London for the publisher Simon & Schuster, impersonated agents and publishers over email to obtain novels and other works from writers and their representatives., Ian McEwan and Sally Rooney among the novelists reportedly targeted. It became public knowledge in January last year when Bernardini was arrested by FBI agents at New York’s JFK airport.
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