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BOOKED! The big story of the year was how Kaavya Vishwanathan got a half a million dollar advance for the book.

Those who rocked the literature world

The big splashes on the literature world, our top five picks of the year, and a little something to look forward to next year.

How Kaavya returned to Harvard

Kaavya Viswanathan is returning to Harvard University to continue studying literature and advising new students.

Well before she became famous as the Harvard student plagiarising Kaavya Viswanathan was the kind of person others noticed.

It seems it took Kaavya a lot of reading to put together Opal. And McCafferty's books might not be the only inspiration.

Rushdie makes clear that he has little sympathy for the teenager and the publisher and author are equally to blame for the mess.

As the debate over plagarism does the rounds, Indian writers in the United States are nervously watching the story unfold.

Penguin India, which is distributing Viswanathan's book in India has been directed to recall all copies from Indian stores.

Little, Brown, publishers of Kaavya Viswanathan's controversial book have decided to withdraw all editions from stores.

Kaavya's book fast climbed the bestseller list. It's making headlines again but this time on charges of plagiarism.

McCafferty's publisher thinks there are simply too many instances of 'borrowing' for this to have been unintentional.

Marring Kaavya's excitement of striking gold with her debut novel is the fact that her novel has shades of Megan McCafferty's writing.

Opal Mehta is the latest Bridget Jones who has popped out of first-time author Kaavya Vishwanathan's head.