Kashmir HillJul 23, 2026 – 5.00amRecently, I received a strange text from a new acquaintance. “You have your own biography???” it read. “How did you neglect to tell me this?”This was news to me. I went to Amazon to investigate. There it was. A biography of Kashmir Hill – title: The Biography of Kashmir Hill – had been released almost a year earlier, in August 2025. My life story had a mottled brown cover and a publisher I’d never heard of. It had no reviews until I wrote one, asking, as the subject of this work, if I could please speak to the author. The hardcover cost $US26.99 (about $39), which seemed a bit steep, but my editor splurged on a copy, and I was forced to read it.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles