Romance Author Cassie Edwards Under Scrutiny of Plagiarism
Is Famous Author Cassie Edwards Guilty of Plagiarism?
Cassie Edwards is best known for her stories involving Native American tribes and historical novels. Examples would be the Savage Series, with titles such as Savage Moon, Savage Longings, or Savage Beloved. Another series is the Chippewa, with titles such as Savage Obsession, Savage Innocence, Savage Heart, Savage Torment, and Savage Paradise.
Cassie Edwards has won the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award and the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award. Cassie Edwards is the world's most prolific and popular author of Native American historical romance with over 10 million copies of her books in print.
But, Is Cassie Edwards guilty of plagiarism?
The verdict is not in yet, but famous romance author Cassie Edwards finds herself under scrutiny. Apparently, long passages of her published works are eerily similar to other published works -- previously published works from other authors, that is.The owners of the Smart Bitches Trashy Books website, have unearthed a few unpleasant questions for Cassie Edwards. Too many passages were found that bear an uncanny similarity to other authors works. Readers of that very popular website have taken in onto themselves to discover more and more similarities of Cassie Edward's books compared to other published works. Meticulously listed, the websites lists authors and sources. See for yourself, here.
Other popular websites notice the issue arising around Cassie Edwards, too.
Dear Author, a well-known website in review and romance-writer circles, where even famous Romance author Nora Roberts comments, tries to tackle the difficult topic of plagiarism, too.
What is Plagiarism?
Here is a quote (Dear Author website) from Robert M. Gorrell and Charlton Laid, Modern English Handbook, 6th edition (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1976):
"Plagiarism is the academic and literary equivalent of robbery, taking somebody else's property. If you copy somebody's test answers, take an essay from a magazine and pass it off as your own, lift a well-phrased sentence or two and include them without crediting the author or using quotation marks, or even pass off somebody's good ideas as examples of your own genius, you are guilty of intellectual thievery. If you are caught you should expect punishment or contempt or both."
But has Cassie Edwards plagiarized other authors works knowingly?
Plagiarism is a serious accusation, and, until now, Cassie Edwards hasn't commented.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassie_Edwards
http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/
http://dearauthor.com/
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3 Comments
Post a CommentCasey Edwards is my favorite , I never finished a book in my life (I'm 50) untill I discovered Casey Edwards Indian love romanes. My husband gets mad . He buys me a Casey Edwards book and sometimes i finish reading it in one day , And that means i'm ready for another book.
what i love her books in fact i have all her books that i plan to keep and i look forward to many more are you people crazy maybe its cause her books are great and somebodys jealous
I love Cassie's books...she has done nothing wrong. She is the best writer in the world...Ucky on people that think she is doing anything wrong....