{"id":25494,"date":"2026-10-17T11:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T09:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/17\/fake-linda-and-me-the-agatha-christie-worthy-mystery-of-the-fraudster-who-stole-my-byline\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T11:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T09:37:23","slug":"fake-linda-and-me-the-agatha-christie-worthy-mystery-of-the-fraudster-who-stole-my-byline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/17\/fake-linda-and-me-the-agatha-christie-worthy-mystery-of-the-fraudster-who-stole-my-byline\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Linda and me: the Agatha Christie-worthy mystery of the fraudster who stole my byline"},"content":{"rendered":"

How a string of bizarre events led writer Linda Geddes to don her sleuthing cap and dig into a world of shadowy impersonators<\/p>\n

It started with an entirely ordinary interaction on LinkedIn. Someone had tagged me in a post, saying how much they\u2019d enjoyed contributing to a New York Post article I\u2019d written about \u201cchronoworking\u201d. As the author of a book about circadian rhythms, it was exactly the sort of subject I might write about. Except I\u2019d never heard of this person, let alone interviewed them.<\/p>\n

I clicked on the link and my stomach dropped. There, above an article about people who organise their working lives around their biological clocks, was my name: Linda Geddes.<\/p>\n

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\nHow a string of bizarre events led writer Linda Geddes to don her sleuthing cap and dig into a world of shadowy impersonators
\nIt started with an entirely ordinary interaction on LinkedIn. Someone had tagged me in a post, saying how much they\u2019d enjoyed contributing to a New York Post article I\u2019d written about \u201cchronoworking\u201d. As the author of a book about circadian rhythms, it was exactly the sort of subject I might write about. Except I\u2019d never heard of this person, let alone interviewed them.
\nI clicked on the link and my stomach dropped. There, above an article about people who organise their working lives around their biological clocks, was my name: Linda Geddes. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How a string of bizarre events led writer Linda Geddes to don her sleuthing cap and dig into a world of shadowy impersonators It started with an entirely ordinary interaction on LinkedIn. Someone had tagged me in a post, saying how much they\u2019d enjoyed contributing to a New York Post article I\u2019d written about \u201cchronoworking\u201d. …<\/p>\n

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