I had to do all the detective work.' And Tamsin Kitson, publicity director for Little, Brown UK, declared in an email to NPR, 'Any info The Sunday Times received was not leaked by us or planned in any way.' Rowling publicist Nicky Stonehill likewise denied leaking the author's real name. Update at 12:45 p.m.: Asked about rumors that Rowling's publisher might have pulled a stunt and strategically leaked the story, Brooks replied, 'Absolutely not.' He continued: 'They would not talk to me despite various requests.It has been wonderful to publish without hype or expectation, and pure pleasure to get feedback from publishers and readers under a different name.' Rowling told the Times, 'I hoped to keep this secret a little longer because being Robert Galbraith has been such a liberating experience. To his surprise, when he confronted Rowling's representatives, they confirmed the story. Brooks also noted that Rowling and Galbraith shared an agent, a publisher and an editor.

But after uncovering telling similarities between the detective novel and Rowling's other work - including heavy use of Latin and themes such as drug use and, as Brooks put it, 'disdain for the privileged middle classes,' he brought the novel to two linguistic analysts who, though they couldn't say definitely, identified strong similarities between The Cuckoo's Calling and Rowling's other work. Knight brought the tip to Brooks, who was initially skeptical.

The source's account was immediately deleted. Brooks said one of the paper's columnists, India Knight, received an anonymous tip on Twitter saying the novel was by Rowling. Richard Brooks, the Sunday Times' arts editor, told NPR in a phone interview that 'it was frankly too good for a book by an unknown first-time author.' The novel, supposedly based on Galbraith's 'own experiences and those of his military friends,' follows the private investigator and military veteran Cormoran Strike as he delves into the suspicious death of a supermodel. Rowling, The Sunday Times revealed this weekend. The debut detective novel The Cuckoo's Calling, seemingly written by a former Royal Military Police member named Robert Galbraith, was actually written by Harry Potter author J.K.The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.

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