In The Guardian, David Barnett reveals bloggers who are shining lights on the shadowy workings of a book publisher.
From the piece...
But the undisputed queen of the secret agents is Miss Daisy Frost. She runs her own blog, on which she identifies herself thus:
Junior Literary Agent at the very sleepy Edward Cecil Agency in London's Piccadilly (yawn yawn yawn) which is very conveniently placed for the delights of The Wolseley and for Hatchards – although obviously I am so badly paid that my lunchtimes are Pret A Manger and my bookseller of choice is Asda.
Given her place of work is no secret, presumably Miss Frost's identity isn't too hard to uncover (hey, that might even be her real name!), but she shrouds herself in mystique with the aid of some suitably anonymous photographs. She writes weekly for her own column and monthly for Bent's stamping ground the Bookseller, but it's on her Twitter account that Frost comes into her own, like a contemporary Dorothy Parker with her finger on the publishing pulse.
Her often acerbic comments and observations have attracted quite a Twitter following, even bringing a so-called "Mr Daisy Frost" out of the woodwork for a brief spell, which is either charming or creepy depending on your point of view.
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