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J. K. Rowling’s Party is Over, and Other News
By
Sadie Stein
July 15, 2013
On the Shelf
By now, you are probably aware that J. K. Rowling wrote detective novel
The Cuckoo’s Calling
under the guise of
Robert Galbraith
, an ex-military family man. Quoth she, “It has been wonderful to publish without hype or expectation, and pure pleasure to get feedback under a different name.”
Can’t imagine what anyone would
stand to gain
by revealing the truth behind the modest seller.
The publishers who turned the novel down are, of course,
kicking themselves
.
Related:
a brief history
of the pseudonym.
For your alienated youngster:
My First Kafka
.
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