using System;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

public class Program

{

    class Person

    {

        public string FirstName { get; set; }

        public string LastName { get; set; }

    }

    public static void Main()

    {

        var p = new Person{ FirstName = "(\"signature\")", LastName = "VandeHei"};

        string ss = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(p); 

        Console.WriteLine(ss);

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        var p2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Person>(ss); 

        Console.WriteLine(p2.FirstName); 

    }

}