On Aug. 31, a woman called me for the details of an interview scheduled for 1:30 that afternoon.

She’d been preparing all morning but was confused about the format the interview would take and whether there was a video element. She left a voicemail asking for details to be sent by email, text, anything.

I called back and told her the truth: There was no interview scheduled for 1:30. By then, I’d known for nearly three weeks that someone was impersonating me and contacting authors.

I am Katie Campbell, and I am, in fact, a journalist at KUOW in Seattle. In 2024, I started the KUOW Book Club, a project that has brought me so much joy. I feature books from and about the Pacific Northwest, interview their authors and share our recorded conversations with the KUOW audience.

Someone has been impersonating me, contacting authors and offering interviews about their books in exchange for hundreds of dollars.

An email sent to an author by someone impersonating KUOW journalist Katie Campbell.…