I remember a "scandal" in the UK a few years ago when an author who had won some competition to be published by Virago (the women's press) turned out to be a man using a pseudonym. Cue shock horror.
When will people realise that they either like or don't like a book, the sex of the author is irrelevant?
My late mother did not read J K Rowling for a number of reasons, one of which being that the books were by a man (in her opinion).
Interesting; wonder what would have happened if it had been nominated for (or won) the Orange Prize? (Oh, the embarrassment for those who believe the prize ought to exist based on gender bias!) Would the male have to return the shill-got gains? Great hoax; your mom wasn't far off, as you know, Maxine: Ms. Rowling didn't want to use her given names because she wanted to sound like a man; so, she clearly exceeded beyond her wildest ones.
I remember a "scandal" in the UK a few years ago when an author who had won some competition to be published by Virago (the women's press) turned out to be a man using a pseudonym. Cue shock horror.
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My late mother did not read J K Rowling for a number of reasons, one of which being that the books were by a man (in her opinion).
Interesting; wonder what would have happened if it had been nominated for (or won) the Orange Prize? (Oh, the embarrassment for those who believe the prize ought to exist based on gender bias!) Would the male have to return the shill-got gains? Great hoax; your mom wasn't far off, as you know, Maxine: Ms. Rowling didn't want to use her given names because she wanted to sound like a man; so, she clearly exceeded beyond her wildest ones.
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