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| '''Melany Neilson''' is an ] ] who was accused of having plagiarized, in her novel ] verbatim text from ]'s novel, ]. Neilson's publisher changed the plagiarized passages in subsequent editions. | '''Melany Neilson''' is an ] ] who was accused of having plagiarized, in her novel ] verbatim text from ]'s novel, ]. St. Martin's Press conceded that Melany Neilson's novel The Persia Café included eight passages that closely resembled the prose of Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees (HarperCollins, 1988). A dismayed Neilson said she had indeed read The Bean Trees and immediately apologized. Neilson's publisher changed the plagiarized passages in subsequent editions. | ||
| Neilson is married to Frederick G. Slabach, Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the Truman Foundation and Dean of the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas. | Neilson is married to Frederick G. Slabach, Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the Truman Foundation and Dean of the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas. | ||
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Melany Neilson is an American novelist who was accused of having plagiarized, in her novel The Persia Cafe verbatim text from Barbara Kingsolver's novel, The Bean Trees. St. Martin's Press conceded that Melany Neilson's novel The Persia Café included eight passages that closely resembled the prose of Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees (HarperCollins, 1988). A dismayed Neilson said she had indeed read The Bean Trees and immediately apologized. Neilson's publisher changed the plagiarized passages in subsequent editions.
Neilson is married to Frederick G. Slabach, Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the Truman Foundation and Dean of the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas.