Guys,

 

See below—this is Jon Krakauer’s editor, whose comment about Julian Assange is (actually) good news for us…

 

Meanwhile, the proposal is now out with the following editors/publishers—if they have it it means I spoke with them first…

 

 

Pantheon/Knopf	Dan Frank
Doubleday	Gerry Howard
Random House	Will Murphy
Ballantine Bantam Dell	Mark Tavani
Spiegel/Grau	Chris Jackson
Crown	Charlie Conrad
Penguin Press	Ginny Smith
Gotham / Avery	Megan Newman
Blue Rider Press	Sarah Hochman
Riverhead	Geoff Kloske
Touchstone	Matthew Benjamin
The Free Press	Alessandra Bastigli
Simon and Schuster	Jofie Adler-Ferrara
Atria	Peter Borland
Ecco Press	Matt Weiland
Grand Central	Ben Greenberg
Twelve	Carey Goldstein
Little, Brown & Co.	John Parsley
Farrar, Strauss & Giroux	Sean McDonald
Metropolitan Books (Holt)	Sara Bershtel
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt	Eamon Dolan
Public Affairs	Clive Priddle
Norton	Tom Mayer

 

There are a few more editors it’ll go out to once they call back, but obviously this is pretty hefty list of editors…  I also have sent the proposal to a film co-agent in Los Angeles (Creative Artists Agency) to see if they’re interested in representing film rights.  Will let you know when I hear back… 

 

That’s it for now.  Try not to think about it [ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM!!!], and know that, the second there IS anything to hear, you’ll hear it.

 

-Dan

 

 

Dan,

 

I’ll get right to this.

 

I just learned (you may already know this) that the plug was pulled on Julian A’s book.  I think this happened while I was away this summer.  Apparently Julian was saying the book would put him in legal jeopardy or something. 

 

Anyway, I’m really intrigued by this one.  Thanks for sending.

 

Best, Charlie

 

 

Dear Charlie,

 

Here, as discussed, is the proposal for an absolutely fascinating behind-the-curtain glimpse at the notorious—and apparently fearless—‘hacktivist’ collective known as Anonymous.  The targets for Anonymous’s particular brand of outlaw activism—all part of their global campaign against injustices and abuses in the realm of freedom of speech and freedom of information—have included (so far) foreign governments (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia), major corporations (Sony, Visa, MasterCard), sanctimonious ‘religious’ organizations (the Church of Scientology, the Westboro Baptist Church) and powerful governmental agencies (FBI, CIA, NATO).  Nobody, apparently, is off-limits.

 

As Kevin Mitnick’s current New York Times bestseller Ghost in the Wires has demonstrated, there is a real fascination out there with the culture of hacking and the internet.  Gregg Housh and Barrett Brown, the authors of ANONYMOUS: Tales from Inside the Accidental Cyberwar—and the two most visible public figures known to be associated with Anonymous (both of whom have provided invaluable access & insight regarding the modus operandi of Anonymous to reporters hungry to make sense of it)—take Mitnick one step further, showing how that culture can be harnessed as an engine for social change.  Even when (as is often the case for Anons) the “engine for social change” rhetoric is really just a terrific excuse to indulge in some weaponized chaos…

 

And therein lies the magnificent contradiction of this culture.  Patriotic vigilantism?  Animal House pranksterism?  Both?  Whatever the true alchemic mix is, it’s a wild and fascinating ride, laid bare here for the first time.

 

Call me when you’ve read this, OK?

 

—Dan

 

 

Literary Agent

Writers House

(212) 696-3825