J.K. Rowling's secret identity as crime writer
Robert Galbraith, author of the low-selling yet acclaimed "The Cuckoo's Calling," was once one of the biggest secrets in publishing, until it was revealed by the Sunday Times last weekend.
But how did the Sunday Times get the scoop? As more information is coming out, we're beginning to understand the leak's strange path — a law firm, a wife's best friend, and an errant tweet. Today one of London's leading entertainment law firms, Russells, admitted that a partner named Chris Gossage had let the information slip to his wife's best friend, Judith Callegari, in a "private conversation," the BBC reports. As we covered this weekend, this person then tweeted Galbraith's true identity to India Knight, a well-known Sunday Times columnist who had been tweeting about the book . Knight then told her colleague Richard Brooks, the arts editor of the Sunday Times, who used a variety of techniques— including the work of linguistic forensics — to
conclude Rowling was the true author of "The
Cuckoo's Calling."
Russels has clearly been left red-faced by the
incident — in a statement they said the firm
"apologizes profusely" to Rowling for the leak.
Business Insider reached out to the Callegari on Facebook earlier this week for comment, but she has since deleted both her profile and the Twitter account that originally tweeted to Knight.
"I feel very angry that my trust turned out to be misplaced," Rowling said in a statement. "To say that I am disappointed is an understatement."

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