2 An Overview All books and magazines are, of course, expressions of their authors. So the first thing that strikes many readers about recent Jehovah’s Witness literature is that no author is listed. Since the early 1940s all literature published by the Watchtower Society has been anonymous, with the rare exception of small personal testimony articles “contributed by” or “as told by” the individual discussed. In fact, the authorship of Watchtower publications is such a closely guarded secret that