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| '''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. | '''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, |
Neilson is married to Frederick G. Slabach, Executive Director of the Truman Scholarship Foundation and former Dean of the ] School of Law in ]. | ||
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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, Executive Director of the Truman Scholarship Foundation and former Dean of the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas.
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