A Warning
The 2019 book credited to Anonymous, a senior Trump administration official. Miles Taylor revealed himself as the author in 2020.
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- Original byline
- Anonymous
- Published
- 2019
- Form
- Other works
- Authorship
- Revealed: Miles Taylor
- Attribution source
- Wikidata P50 (Q72037956); Wikipedia note
- Revealed
- 2020, the author revealed himself ahead of the 2020 election
- Reason for anonymity
- Political risk
- Copyright
- In copyright
- Reference
- Wikipedia · Wikidata
The authorship story
A Warning was published in November 2019 under the byline Anonymous, described only as a senior official in the Trump administration. It expanded on an anonymous 2018 New York Times opinion column by the same writer. The anonymity was explicitly political: the author argued the message mattered more than the messenger, while critics demanded the name behind the charges. In October 2020, ahead of the election, former Department of Homeland Security official Miles Taylor revealed himself as the author. The case is a modern example of anonymity as a deliberate, temporary instrument, ended by the author on his own schedule.
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Who wrote A Warning?
A Warning was published anonymously and is documented as the work of Miles Taylor. The authorship became public in 2020 (the author revealed himself ahead of the 2020 election). Source: Wikidata P50 (Q72037956); Wikipedia note.
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A Warning was published in 2019 without an author’s name.
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