If you know what Harry Potter is, you damn well know who JK Rowling is.
The literary series following the adventures of a wizard and his friends catapulted her into international fame, cementing her as one of the bestselling authors of all time.
But with that fame comes a price.
Say you want to write another book. Perhaps, not necessarily a Harry Potter book.
You’re kind of stuck, right? Harry Potter fans will be outraged that you’ve moved on. Non-Harry-Potter fans won’t take you seriously.
Now Russells, a prestigious British law firm, is in hot water because they released the identity of hot up-and-coming author Robert Galbraith—who is none other than their star client, JK Rowling.
As soon as the information was leaked, “The Cuckoo’s Calling” shot from 4709th to 1st on Amazon’s sales charts.
Only JK Rowling could be pissed that her books would actually sell MORE copies.
It all happened because one of the attorneys at the firm blabbed to his wife’s friend. Who immediately went to the newspapers, because that’s what you do when people tell you privileged information.
I hope his wife hasn’t told this woman anything about her husband’s dick size, because that’s bound to become public record after being entrusted to this sieve of a woman.
Needless to say, Rowling’s pissed: “I had assumed that I could expect total confidentiality from Russells, a reputable professional firm and I feel very angry that my trust turned out to be misplaced.”
I’d be pissed too if I paid a huge amount of money to literally keep one thing (a freaking name) secret to professional people and some dipshit blabbed to his Oprah’s Gayle.
The next novel in the series is said to continue with the pseudonym.
Just don’t expect Bob Galbraith to show up and sign any copies..
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