Detective novel soars to No. 1 after J.K. Rowling’s revelationJuly 15, 2013 - 09:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Author J.K. Rowling made a startling revelation Sunday, July 14. Turns out she’s behind “The Cuckoo’s Calling,” a first novel supposedly written by Robert Galbraith. In reality, “Robert Galbraith” is a pseudonym for the “Harry Potter” creator, TheWrap said. “I hoped to keep this secret a little longer because being Robert Galbraith has been such a liberating experience,” she said in a statement released by her publicist on Sunday. “It has been wonderful to publish without hype or expectation, and pure pleasure to get feedback from publishers and readers under a different name.” “The Cuckoo’s Calling,” about a war veteran turned detective who is called in to investigate a model’s mysterious death, was published to rave reviews in April by Little, Brown & Co. unit Sphere. London’s Sunday Times uncovered the deception and said it began checking when it wondered how “a first-time author with a background in the army and the civilian security industry could write such an assured debut novel.” The paper said it noted that Rowling and Galbraith shared the same agent and editor, and that Little, Brown published Rowling’s novel for adults, “The Casual Vacancy.” The news that Rowling was in fact the author helped the novel climb to the top of Amazon's best-selling list Sunday. In its bio of Galbraith on its web site, the publisher said that “After several years with the Royal Military Police, Robert Galbraith was attached to the SIB (Special Investigative Branch), the plain-clothes branch of the RMP. He left the military in 2003 and has been working since then in the civilian security industry. The idea for Cormoran Strike grew directly out of his own experiences and those of his military friends who returned to the civilian world. Perhaps the last line should have been a tipoff: "'Robert Galbraith' is a pseudonym." Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |