The Cruelty of Wizards: JK Rowling, Author in Disguise

So, by now we’ve all heard the story about how JK Rowling pretended to be Robert Galbraith and releasedThe Cuckoo’s Calling with zero fanfare. Except that may not actually be the case. Yes,The Cuckoo’s Calling was published under a pseudonym; lets not get into the fact that Rowling is yet again hiding behind a male persona (‘JK’ was used because it was feared ‘Joanne’ wouldn’t be well-received by little wizard-loving boys)–but the fact remains that just because you use a nom de plume does not...