JK Rowling denies claims pen name is connected to gay conversion therapist

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‘Be that as it may, the name had a fascination for me. I actually considered calling myself L A Galbraith for the Strike series, but for fairly obvious reasons decided that initials were a bad idea.’

JK Rowling has denied claims that her pseudonym for her crime novels has any connection to gay conversion therapist Robert Galbraith Heath.author, who began publishing her crime novels under the name Robert Galbraith in 2013, has faced claims that she took her pen name from the psychiatrist.‘JK Rowling wasn’t aware of Robert Galbraith Heath when choosing the pseudonym for her crime novels.

Robert Galbraith Heath performed experiments into conversion therapy that would now be considered deeply unethical ‘Galbraith came about for a slightly odd reason. When I was a child, I really wanted to be called Ella Galbraith, and I’ve no idea why. I don’t even know how I knew that the surname existed, because I can’t remember ever meeting anyone with it.

Gailbraith Heath was an American psychiatrist who carried out experiments that would now be considered deeply unethical.

Another claimed: ‘Rowling’s latest book releasing shortly after her anti-trans campaigning is about a transvestite serial killer She wrote the book under the pen name “Robert Galbraith”, in apparent homage to the conversion therapist Robert Galbraith Heath who used to electrocute gay men.’

 

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Absolutely talentless.

I don't think it was intentional, but she REALLY should have Googled the name first.

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