TIME's The Page blog is the latest to call Mark Salter the author of O: A PRESIDENTIAL NOVEL. Note however that Salter has not commented nor has it been confirmed, so this is basically a list of coincidences.

I'm about a fourth of the way through this book and it is not magically full of insights on anything. The character of Maddy Cohan is kind of insulting, but not in a creative way. I'll probably still finish it because of an interesting plot development, which I both hope and fear will turn into something.