Earlier this year, New Yorker writer Ian Parker published his viral investigation into the lies and deceptions – involving sickness, death and fake collaborations – shadowing Dan Mallory, the book editor who penned the bestselling debut thriller The Woman in the Window under the pseudonym A.J. Finn. Ian talks with Walkley Award–winning journalist Malcolm Knox about piecing together his article, the relationship between truthfulness and fiction, and the uncomfortable questions Mallory’s ascent raises about the publishing industry. 

Earlier this year,&nbsp;New Yorker&nbsp;writer Ian Parker published his viral investigation into the lies and deceptions &ndash; involving sickness, death and fake collaborations &ndash; shadowing Dan Mallory, the book editor who penned the bestselling debut thriller&nbsp;The Woman in the Window&nbsp;under the pseudonym A.J. Finn. Ian talks with Walkley Award&ndash;winning journalist Malcolm Knox about piecing together his article, the relationship between truthfulness and fiction, and the uncomfortable questions Mallory&rsquo;s ascent raises about the publishing industry.&nbsp;

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