An Explosive Lawsuit rocks the Romantasy World

Jon Small and Katy Waldman, staff writer at The New Yorker

Was a bestselling romantasy novel stolen from someone else's book? New Yorker staff writer Katy Waldman investigates an explosive case where author Lynne Freeman alleges that her unpublished manuscript “Blue Moon Rising” was turned into the hit series ‘Crave’. As the first novel copyright trial in 100 years approaches, the case raises profound questions about creative ownership in publishing. Plus:

• The uncanny similarities between the books

• The agent who connects both authors

• Why "romantasy" dominates publishing

• When do shared tropes become theft?

Katy writes about books, culture, and more. Previously, she was a staff writer at Slate and the host of the “Slate’s Audio Book Club” podcast. She won the National Book Critics Circle’s Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing in 2019 and the American Society of Magazine Editors’s award for journalists under thirty in 2018.

You can read her excellent story in the New Yorker here.