Author JK Rowling accepted an apology and a charitable donation on Wednesday from a law firm which revealed she wrote a crime novel under a pseudonym.
The ‘Harry Potter’ author was exposed by a newspaper on 14 July as the author of ‘The Cuckoo's Calling,’ a thriller ostensibly written by former soldier and first-time novelist Robert Galbraith.
The law firm Russells acknowledged that one of its partners had let the information slip to his wife's best friend, who tweeted it to a Sunday Times columnist. Rowling sued the lawyer and on Wednesday the court said the author had been left ‘angry and distressed that her confidences had been betrayed.’
The ‘Harry Potter’ author was exposed by a newspaper on 14 July as the author of ‘The Cuckoo's Calling,’ a thriller ostensibly written by former soldier and first-time novelist Robert Galbraith.
The law firm Russells acknowledged that one of its partners had let the information slip to his wife's best friend, who tweeted it to a Sunday Times columnist. Rowling sued the lawyer and on Wednesday the court said the author had been left ‘angry and distressed that her confidences had been betrayed.’