TEMPO.CO, London - JK Rowling is very angry after her pseudonym, Robert Galbraith, was blown out to public. The best-seller Harry Potter author was revealed to be writing a crime novel called The Cuckoo`s Calling in the Sunday Times.
She found out the leak came from law firm Russells, whom she had assumed she 'could expect total confidentiality from'.
"I feel very angry that my trust turned out to be misplaced," said Rowling as quoted by BBC website July 18 edition. "To say that I am disappointed is an understatement,"
Rowling regrets that it was a woman unknown to her who blown out her covers. "Only a tiny number of people knew my pseudonym, even my oldest friend did not know."
Russells Solicitors apologized for the accidental action. In their statement, it was said that one of Russell's partner, Chris Gossage, had let the information slip to his wife's best friend Judith Callegari, who then posted the information to Twitter on July 19. The law firm stated that it was a private conversation and the disclosure was made secretly to a person who had been trusted implicitly.
However, there are speculations that the leak was part of a publication campaign. "We confirm that the leak was not part of JK Rowling's, her agent's, or the publisher's marketing plan," said Russells.
The novel tells a story about a war veteran who becomes an investigator. The novel received good reviews when it first published and had sold 1,500 copies before Rowling's pseudonym was uncovered.
BBC | ARBA'IYAH SATRIANI