Man stole more than 1,000 unpublished manuscripts from authors including Ian McEwan and Sally Rooney

A man has admitted to stealing more than 1,000 unpublished manuscripts from distinguished authors said to include Ian McEwan, Margaret Atwood and Sally Rooney.

Filippo Bernardini, an Italian citizen who worked for publisher Simon & Schuster UK in London, carried out elaborate deceptions between August 2016 and January 2022, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York said. He used fake email accounts to impersonate real people in the literary world to dupe authors out of manuscripts, the office said.Bernardini, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud, prosecutors said, and could face up to 21 months in prison.

"Filippo Bernardini used his insider knowledge of the publishing industry to create a scheme that stole precious works from authors and menaced the publishing industry," US attorney Damian Williams said. Among those tricked was a Pulitzer Prize recipient, who sent Bernardini a copy of their unpublished manuscript, according to an indictment.

No ransom and didn’t leak online? Sounds like some dude just wanted to be the first to read his favorite authors’ next works.

Prediction: he will sell the rights to his story. First a book then a movie.

That's the risk you take...be sure the publisher is well-known and reputable.

Is that a man or a woman or a transgender freak

Why does he look like Doris Roberts?

Why were they unpublished though

He looks an awful lot like Margaret Atwood.

Someone was snoozing

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