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J.K. Rowling's Biggest Secret: The Ghostwriter & The Lie

J.K. Rowling's Biggest Secret: The Ghostwriter & The Lie

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 What if the name on the cover of your favorite book is a carefully constructed lie? For the world's most famous author, it was a secret identity that fooled the entire literary world... until it didn't.

This is the incredible story of J.K. Rowling and the ghostwriter rumors that have haunted her career. We're diving deep into the secret world of ghostwriting and pseudonyms, exploring a practice as old as writing itself. But this isn't just a history lesson. We're putting on our detective hats to investigate the explosive case of Robert Galbraith—the mysterious debut crime novelist who was unmasked as the creator of Harry Potter herself. Why did she do it? Was she seeking unbiased feedback, or was it a clever marketing ploy?

We’ll explore the fascinating "literary CSI" of linguistic analysis that can pinpoint an author's true identity from just a few pages, and unpack the ethical and legal minefield of who really owns a story.

Stay until the very end, where we reveal the single, heartbreaking reason J.K. Rowling felt she had to hide her identity—and the one word that gave her away.
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