Tomorrow on CBC Radio’s The Current, Doubleday Canada will reveal the identity of L. Marie Adeline, the pseudonymous author behind the new erotic novel S.E.C.R.E.T.
The first title in a series, S.E.C.R.E.T. attracted international media attention as one of the breakout successes at last year’s Frankfurt Book Fair.
If Quillblog was a gambler, we’d put our money on Adeline being Lisa Gabriele, the author of two national bestsellers, The Almost Archer Sisters and Tempting Faith DiNapoli.
Examine the evidence:
- According to her bio, Adeline is a television producer. Gabriele is currently senior producer for CBC TV’s Dragon’s Den
- In the book’s acknowledgements, Adeline thanks Dragon’s Den staffers Tracie Tighe, Alex Lane, and Mike Armitage “for the time off and support”
- Both Gabriele and Adeline have written for Nerve.com and Vice
- Gabriele used to work as a writer for The Current
Track the big reveal and other surprises at secretnovels.com or with the Twitter hashtag #SecretNovels. In the meantime, check out this slideshow of three Canadian pseudonymous authors and their possible identities.
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- <b>Long shot:</b> The CBC's <b>Linden MacIntyre</b>, who also moonlights as a Scotiabank Giller Prize“winning novelist.
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- <b>Long-shots:</b> Literary power couple <b>Michael Winter</b> and <b>Christine Pountney</b>.
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- <b>Possible suspect:</b> Playwright and broadcaster <b>Ann-Marie MacDonald</b>, author of the novels <i>Fall on Your Knees</i> and <i>The Way the Crow Flies</i>.<br /> <br /> (photo: Gabor Jurina)<br />
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- <b>The clues:</b> Adeline is a television producer who lives in Toronto, says editor Nita Pronovost. And she's a she. <i>S.E.C.R.E.T.</i> takes place in New Orleans and focuses on a young widow who gets inducted into an underground society focused on helping women discover sexual fulfillment. Agent Christy Fletcher, who handled the U.S. book deal, offered the <i>Toronto Star</i> a further hint: She wrote it under a pseudonym because it's very different from her other books.
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- <b>Possible suspect:</b> Could one of the authors behind the pseudonymous duo be <b>Sandra Gulland</b>, author of the Josephine B. historical trilogy? Gulland spends part of the year in Ontario and has taught in Labrador.
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- <b>Long shot: Russell Smith</b>, who was previously outed as Diane Savage, author of the 2003 erotic thriller <i>Diana</i>.<br /> <br /> (photo: Jowita Bydlowska)
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- <b>The clues:</b> Agent John Pearce confirms that Taylor is the pen name of two historical-fiction authors who wrote quite a few romances as a fun exercise and put them in a bottom drawer. Taylor's biography at Goodreads claims she was born in the U.K. and lists the Brontës as inspiration. The two novels, <i>The Billionaire's Secrets</i> and <i>Falling for Rain</i>, point to a knowledge of the windswept cliffs of Newfoundland and the, uh, mossy escarpments of Ontario. Perhaps more details will be revealed when the ebooks are published in December.
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- <b>Possible suspect:</b> <i>Dragon's Den</i> producer Lisa Gabriele, author of two national bestsellers, <i>The Almost Archer Sisters</i> and <i>Tempting Faith DiNapoli</i>. <br /> <br /> (photo: Jowita Bydlowska)
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- <b>Possible suspect:</b> Some have guessed that Reynard might be an academic with a commercial publishing history. Here's looking at you, University of Toronto philosophy professor <b>Mark Kingwell</b>.
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- <b>The clues:</b> <i>Gabriel's Inferno</i> describes a love triangle set at the University of Toronto. According to <i>Maclean's</i>, Reynard is a supporter of the Yonge Street Mission, his favourite Toronto neighbourhood is the Annex, and he prefers to sip single-malt scotch. He claims <i>Fifty Shades</i> author E.L. James as a friend.
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