J. K. Rowling took the literary world by storm this weekend when she revealed that she was actually Robert Galbraith, the first-time author of the mystery novel, THE CUCKOO’S CALLING!
The novel was released in April of this year to positive reviews and mediocre sales, but once word got out that it was theHARRY POTTER mastermind behind the words, the sales skyrocketed, making the book the number one seller on Amazon.
Rowling had been hoping to keep her secret identity from the public a little while longer because she described being Robert Galbraith as “such a liberating experience.” She expanded saying, “It has been wonderful to publish without the hype or expectation.”
Major book publishers are kicking themselves now for turning down what they thought was a debut novel from an unknown writer, similar to when Rowling struggled to get HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE published in the beginning.
The writer has previously talked about releasing books under a pseudonym, but no one suspected it would be so soon!