Cormac McCarthy Did Not Join Twitter
Not to worry, @sarahw, he doesn’t own a computer; we’ve verified the @CormacCMcCarthy handle is not the real deal.
— Vintage & Anchor (@VintageAnchor) January 23, 2012
This morning a Twitter impersonator made waves online, pretending to be novelist Cormac McCarthy.
While the laconic writer would be a perfect fit for Twitter, the Vintage Anchor Twitter feed told publishing reporter Sarah Weinman that it was not the real McCarthy. Above, we’ve embedded the publisher’s tweet.
If you want to see the series of fake tweets, we’ve collected his or her work in a Storify collection. Did you fall for the Twitter hoax?
These days, writers aren’t just writers: They’re social-media mavens, seasoned public speakers, and one-person publicity machines. And they still have to find time to write their books! 
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