The Bride Stripped Bare
The 2003 erotic novel of a wife's secret life, submitted for anonymous publication. The press identified Nikki Gemmell just before publication, and she acknowledged it.
- Original byline
- Anonymous
- Published
- 2003
- Form
- Novels
- Authorship
- Revealed: Nikki Gemmell
- Attribution source
- Wikidata P50 (Q7720026); Wikipedia note
- Revealed
- 2003, identified by the press shortly before publication; the author subsequently acknowledged the book
- Reason for anonymity
- Propriety
- Copyright
- In copyright
- Reference
- Wikipedia · Wikidata
The authorship story
The Bride Stripped Bare was written for anonymous publication, its author believing, as she later said, that anonymity was the only way to write honestly about women's inner sexual lives. The strategy collapsed at the last moment: journalists identified the Australian writer Nikki Gemmell shortly before the 2003 publication, and she acknowledged the book, which became a bestseller under circumstances she had tried to prevent. Gemmell has written since about the unmasking and now publishes the book under her name. The case is a documented pre-publication unmasking, reported here neutrally, and a study in how fragile modern anonymity is.
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Questions readers ask
Who wrote The Bride Stripped Bare?
The Bride Stripped Bare was published anonymously and is documented as the work of Nikki Gemmell. The authorship became public in 2003 (identified by the press shortly before publication; the author subsequently acknowledged the book). Source: Wikidata P50 (Q7720026); Wikipedia note.
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When was The Bride Stripped Bare published?
The Bride Stripped Bare was published in 2003 without an author’s name.
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