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May 31, 2023 · In 2023, some fans have accused Cassandra Clare of plagiarizing author V.E. Schwab. In December 2022, Cassandra announced on Instagram that she would be releasing her first foray outside the Shadowhunters realm to a new adult high fantasy series.
Learn about the author's past as a fanfic writer and the accusations of plagiarism she faced. Find out how her books were adapted into a flop film and how she responded to the criticism.
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- Evidence Overview
- A Canceled Panel
- Further Reading and Comments
The Draco Trilogy was posted in installments over a period of six years (2000-2006). In each installment, Cassie deliberately inserted unattributed quotes from various science fiction television shows and may have expected her readers to identify them. But many readers were not aware that the quotes were not her writing. Some authors such as Emma D...
Introduction: My motivation (WayBack Machine link)Part I: Cast of characters (WayBack Machine link)Part II: How it began (WayBack Machine link)Part III: My impressions of the Draco Trilogy (WayBack Machine link)Pamela Dean
The largest portion of borrowed text appeared in Draco Sinister Chapter 9 and was taken from Pamela Dean's The Hidden Land, the second book of her Secret Country Trilogy. The chapter's original disclaimer read only: "Credit for the inspiration for this conception of the wizarding afterlife goes to a book called The Secret Country, alas, I no longer recall who wrote it." Below is a portion of Avocado's side-by-side comparison of the Draco Sinister scene (left) and the plagiarized scene from De...
Other Borrowings
Cassandra Claire often reproduced concepts, rough scenes, descriptive phrases and dialogue from several fantasy novels. These borrowings were often uncited (or cited in such a way as to make the amount of borrowed text appear far less extensive than it actually was.) For instance, in Tanith Lee's"Magritte's Secret Agent," a character description reads: Cassandra Claire rephrased this line in Draco Dormiens, chapter 6: Unlike the TV quotes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and other shows, which w...
One result: Heidi8 and Ebony Thomas both stepped down from a Harry Potter convention panel a year later. See a canceled panel at Phoenix Risingin 2007.
Clare was accused of plagiarism dating back to 2000–2001 when she was writing the fan fiction work The Draco Trilogy. [21] [22] The Christian Science Monitor wrote in 2013 about how Clare's plagiarism and cyberbullying angered many in the Harry Potter online fandom community. [23]
Feb 17, 2016 · A lawsuit between two best-selling authors involves fantasy, romance, charges of plagiarism, and fan fiction gone mainstream.
Feb 17, 2016 · A former fan of Clare's fanfiction exposes her plagiarism of other authors and her own works in The Mortal Instruments series. She also sued Clare for copying the term "Dark-Hunter" from Sherrilyn Kenyon's series.
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Feb 11, 2016 · The “Shadowhunter” book series has been a big success for Cassandra Clare — and according to a new lawsuit, it’s also a big ripoff of someone else’s work.
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