Fantasy's Fakest Author: How Robert Stanek Built An Amazon Empire On Lies And Sock Puppets
In the early 2000s, as fantasy literature enjoyed unprecedented mainstream success thanks to Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings films, an obscure self-published author named Robert Stanek emerged, claiming to be fantasy's next big thing. His books allegedly spent 26 weeks on "Amazon's Top 50 lists," were voted "Top 10 Fantasy of 2004," and earned hi…
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