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Kaavya Viswanathan born January 16, is an Indian-American woman who came to public attention in when portions of her debut novel, How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life , were alleged to have been plagiarized from several sources. Cohen contacted the William Morris Agency , which suggested that Viswanathan work with a division of Alloy Entertainment.

Michael Pietsch, the senior vice president and publisher of Little, Brown, told the New York Times that the advance was less than the reported sum, and was split between Kaavya Viswanathan and Alloy Entertainment.

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The novel deals with an academically oriented Indian-American girl who, after being told by a Harvard admissions person that she isn't well rounded, doggedly works to become a typical American teen—ultrasocial, shopping- and boy-driven, carelessly hip. Opal Mehta garnered mixed reviews, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] many of which described Viswanathan as an author of " chick lit ".

The front cover carried a promotional "blurb" from fellow Chick Lit author Jennifer Weiner. According to McCafferty: "[The email's subject] read: "'Flattery or a case for litigation. She said that reading Viswanathan's book was like "recognizing your own child's face. My own words were just leaping out at me page after page after page.

Much earlier, in an interview given to The Star-Ledger of Newark, New Jersey , when asked about her influences Viswanathan had responded that "nothing" she had read gave her the inspiration to write her book. However, days later, Little Brown issued a statement in which Viswanathan "admitted" that she "accidentally" borrowed some passages from Megan McCafferty's novels.

She said:. In the interview with Couric, she maintained her innocence, saying that any and all similarities were "completely unintentional" and that she must have "internalized" those details without realizing it, since she has photographic memory and the ability to internalize books' passages. She also claimed to have attempted to contact author McCafferty of whom she admitted to being "a big fan" after the scandal.

McCafferty later denied this in an interview with People Magazine , saying, "To my knowledge, this is not the case. May 2 brought two additional charges. Viswanathan and her publisher declined to comment on these allegations.