Author sorry for 'borrowed' work
BBC News
A US student-novelist has apologised for similarities between her debut work and another writer's books.
Harvard University student Kaavya Viswanathan said resemblances between her book and novels by Megan McCafferty were "unintentional and unconscious".
She apologised to Ms McCafferty, saying she had been unaware that she had "internalized" the author's works.
Ms Viswanathan promised to change How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life in future print runs.
Hollywood studio DreamWorks has already acquired the movie rights to the book.
A newspaper claimed seven passages in Ms Viswanathan's book closely resembled sections from Ms McCafferty's work.
Ms Viswanathan's novel tells the story of a straight-A student from New Jersey, who is rejected from Harvard because she has no social life.
Apr 25, 2006
BBC News
A US student-novelist has apologised for similarities between her debut work and another writer's books.
Harvard University student Kaavya Viswanathan said resemblances between her book and novels by Megan McCafferty were "unintentional and unconscious".
She apologised to Ms McCafferty, saying she had been unaware that she had "internalized" the author's works.
Ms Viswanathan promised to change How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life in future print runs.
Hollywood studio DreamWorks has already acquired the movie rights to the book.
A newspaper claimed seven passages in Ms Viswanathan's book closely resembled sections from Ms McCafferty's work.
Ms Viswanathan's novel tells the story of a straight-A student from New Jersey, who is rejected from Harvard because she has no social life.
Apr 25, 2006
