For the first time, J.K. Rowling is voicing frustrations over a leak this past weekend which revealed she used a pseudonym to publish a book called The Cuckoo’s Calling.
“I feel very angry that my trust turned out to be misplaced. To say that I am disappointed is an understatement,” said Rowling in a statement to the BBC.
She continued, “A tiny number of people knew my pseudonym, and it has not been pleasant to wonder for days how a woman whom I had never heard of prior to Sunday night could have found out something that many of my oldest friends did not know.”
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The source of the leak is now known: Russells Solicitors, a law firm, was involved with the unintentional unveiling. In the same report by the BBC, they apologized “unreservedly.”
From the BBC:
“In a statement, it said the wife of one of its partners, Chris Gossage, had told her best friend, Judith Callegari, that Robert Galbraith was really Rowling.
Article Continues BelowThe company said it was revealed “during a private conversation” adding “the disclosure was made in confidence to someone he trusted implicitly.”
Rowling’s people were notified immediately after the leak was discovered.
A few days ago, we learned that The Sunday Times began an investigation into the author of The Cuckoo’s Calling following a suggestive tweet sent to one of their editors.
Russells Solicitors emphasized that the leak was never part of a marketing plan by Rowling, the publisher, or her agents whatsoever.
Thanks, BBC.
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