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A new crime novel came out in April. The book was by a new writer, Robert Galbraith. It got good reviews, but it only sold 1,500 copies in three months. Then, a newspaper reported that Galbraith was a pen name (not the writer’s real name). The real writer was by J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books. Now her crime novel is a bestseller! Rowling didn’t use her real name because she wanted to write a different kind of novel, and she wanted to write for fun. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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