Have you read the book named “The Cuckoo’s Calling”? It’s a mystery novel released earlier this year by a former British military man named Robert Galbraith.
But the book itself is a mystery on it own. Author Robert Galbraith claims to be a man with a background in the army and the civilian security industry, and his debut novel, The Cuckoo’s Calling, won praise from crime writers and critics. They even hailed the author as a new force in the genre.
But the hidden truth under that pseudonym, is the author of the popular Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling.
“I hoped to keep this secret a little longer because being Robert Galbraith has been such a liberating experience,” said Rowling. “It has been wonderful to publish without hype or expectation, and pure pleasure to get feedback from publishers to readers under a different name.”
“The Cuckoo’s Calling” is a story about a war veteran turned private investigator who is called in to probe the mysterious death of a model.
The novel landed itself on the ‘hot-list’ on Amazon and received great reviews from readers. Rowling thanked her editor David Shelley, and the publishing staff who worked on the book without knowing her identity, and also the reviewers who praised it without knowing her authorship.
She planned to keep writing the series and the second book is expected to be released next summer.
And now that her identity is revealed, The Cuckoo’s Calling will be reprinted with a revised author biography.
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