Who’s number one on your list?
Stephen King named ‘America’s favorite author’ (USA Today)
Just in: A new Harris poll says that Stephen King is still “America’s favorite author.”
He’s followed by:
No. 2: James Patterson
No. 3: John Grisham
No. 4: Nora Roberts, who also writes as J.D. Robb
And, No. 5: Tom Clancy
So, where’s Stephenie Meyer and J.K. Rowling on this list? Click here to find out.
To read the Harris report in its entirety click here.
You have many great tomes up in your bookshelf, and I’ll take a wild guess that among them, tucked away in there, sits at least one “Harry Potter” book. Am I right?
NEW YORK — Will J.K. Rowling write another book about Harry Potter?
“That’s among the topics discussed on Oprah Winfrey’s first interview with the author, whom she met recently in Edinburgh, Scotland. The interview will air Friday on Winfrey’s television program.
Harpo Productions announced Monday that Rowling will also discuss how she has coped with the fame brought on by her famous series…”
For the complete announcement, click here.
Which Wizard Came First? Harry or Willy?
Did J.K. Rowling really conceive of Harry Potter and his universe while on a train ride? Or did she lift it all from an existing book about a young wizard named Willy?
Rowling could be in a fair bit of trouble…
Plagiarism Suit Against ‘Harry Potter’ Author J.K Rowling Allowed to Proceed
(FoxNews.com)
The plagiarism lawsuit against “Harry Potter” author J.K Rowling, and her publishers, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, gained momentum when a British judge refused to grant their request to have the suit thrown out on Thursday.
The case involves detailed allegations by the Estate of Adrian Jacobs that Rowling unlawfully lifted a substantial amount of material from his 16-page book and used it in “Harry Potter: The Goblet of Fire,” which was published thirteen years after Jacobs’s fantasy book.
Jacobs died in 1997, a few years prior to the release of “Harry Potter.”
“Both books tell the tale of a Wizard who discovers his true nature whilst a boy. Both books revolve around an International Wizards contest. In each book, the wizard only discovers his central task in a special bathroom, in both books the wizard must rescue artificially held hostages, from half-human creatures, acting as contest agents, to earn points and win,” Max Markson, a representative for Jacobs’s estate told Pop Tarts. “Adrian Jacobs created a fantasy world intertwined with the real world in which there are Wizard Schools, Villages of Wizard Brewers, Gambling Wizards, Wizard Chess played on Wizard Trains, special Wizard Hospitals, Wizard Travel by magic powder, apparently headless creatures, Elves as Wizard Helpers, International Gatherings of Wizards, Human Memory Erasers, etc. The Estate claims that all of these Jacobs’ concepts are echoed in Harry Potter and familiar now to Potter readers.”…
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