Friday, June 13, 2014

CONTEST: WHO IS AUTHOR HADLEY COLT, REALLY?


A bit like Everett Hyde, the central figure of PERMANENT FATAL ERROR, its author Hadley Colt is an enigma wrapped in mystery.

There actually is no “Hadley Colt,” of course. That name is a pseudonym for the real me, who has published a number of books under a very different name.

My rational for adopting a penname is explained here.

Having revealed that fact fairly early in the game, it can now be stated it was never intended Hadley’s true identity would be some secret for the ages.

So…

We are officially announcing a contest to rip the mask off Ms. Colt.

Starting Monday and continuing over the course of the week, a daily clue will be posted to Hadley Colt’s official Twitter account @HadleyColt, to @betimesbooks and to Facebook.

Email your best guesses and contact information to betimesbooks@gmail.com

If there is more than one correct guess, a drawing will be held to determine the winner at the end of July.

The prize is two-fold: A $100 Amazon gift certificate, and a signed copy of PERMANENT FATAL ERROR in its rarest form: autographed by Ms. Colt, and, well, by me

Happy guessing. Clues will be fair, but authors often have a much harder time hiding behind an assumed prose style, so if you want to go at this the old-fashioned way, you can order PFE here: