JK Rowling FINALLY Gets The Apology She Deserved For Identity Case

Author J.K. Rowling FINALLY received to the apology she deserved. The well-known “Harry Potter” author was exposed by a newspaper on July 14th as the author of “The Cuckoo’s Calling,” a thriller ostensibly written by former soldier and first-time novelist Robert Galbraith.

Rowling accepted an apology and a nice sized charitable donation Wednesday from a law firm which revealed she wrote a crime novel under a pseudonym. The book was published in April to good reviews however very modest sales. There was speculation Rowling or her publisher leaked the news to raise the book’s profile. However the law firm Russells, which has done work for Rowling, acknowledged one of its partners had let the information slip to his wife’s best friend, who tweeted it to a Sunday Times columnist. Rowling sued the lawyer and the wife’s best friend. Her attorney, Jenny Afia, told Britain’s High Court on Wednesday Rowling had been left “angry and distressed that her confidences had been betrayed.”

“As a reflection of their regret for breach of the claimant’s confidence, including frustrating the claimant’s ability to continue to write anonymously under the name Robert Galbraith, the defendants are here today to apologize publicly to the claimant,” Afia said.

Russells agreed to reimburse Rowling’s legal costs and to make a “substantial” donation to The Soldiers’ Charity, which helps former military personnel and their families. Rowling also said she was donating all royalties from the book for the next three years to the charity.

The hero of her novel, Cormoran Strike, is a veteran who lost a leg in Afghanistan, and Rowling has said she drew on conversations with serving soldiers and veterans to create the character. “This donation is being made to The Soldiers’ Charity partly as a thank you to the army people who helped me with research, but also because writing a hero who is a veteran has given me an even greater appreciation and understanding of exactly how much this charity does for ex-servicemen and their families, and how much that support is needed,” Rowling said in a statement.

Since Rowling was “outed” as penning the novel, “The Cuckoo’s Calling” has topped best-seller lists in Britain as well as the United States. A second Cormoran Strike novel is due for publication next year.