JK Rowling unmasked as The Cuckoo’s Calling author: the Twitter reaction
As new crime writer Robert Galbraith turns out to be the well-known Harry Potter author the Twittersphere launches into action…
In what has quickly become one of the most exciting literary unmaskings in recent times, it transpires that exciting new crime novelist Robert Galbraith is actually beloved Harry Potter author JK Rowling.
As countless authors and critics pat themselves on the back for picking up on the fact that it didn’t feel like it had been written by a new novelist, others admit they’d passed up on the offer of publishing it.
As a story that developed from a lone tweet suggesting the author was indeed Rowling, it seems fitting to see what other tweeters have to say...
https://twitter.com/WstonesOxfordSt/statuses/356332780520611840
https://twitter.com/Kate7Mills/statuses/356354671088115713
https://twitter.com/WstonesOxfordSt/statuses/356191323100946433
https://twitter.com/WstonesOxfordSt/statuses/356185267197054978
https://twitter.com/cpfcrox/statuses/356714632225898497
https://twitter.com/printweek/statuses/356695990763405312
https://twitter.com/Lord_Voldemort7/statuses/356222198299623424
https://twitter.com/JonnyGeller/statuses/356462464306655234
https://twitter.com/TheMichaelMoran/statuses/356360496242364416
https://twitter.com/gilescoren/statuses/356676149725761536
https://twitter.com/helenlewis/statuses/356363130537906178
https://twitter.com/EmmyThomps/statuses/356725116253642752
https://twitter.com/Patrick_Ness/statuses/356724016637161472
https://twitter.com/mrdavidwhitley/statuses/356730101565620225
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