Ah, romance fiction. I've never read any of it, but those who love it take it seriously. And as such, the following information popped up on a search I did about Nora Roberts. Romance writer Cassie Edwards has been accused of stealing passages from various history texts for her historical romance books. According to the fantastically named site, Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, there are numerous examples of Edwards stealing shit from other writers:
"The results were…interesting. Kate was able to find large chunks of text from a few sources that seemed to have been inserted into Shadow Bear with little to no modification, mostly from Land of the Spotted Eagle by Luther Standing Bear and, I shit you not, an article about black-footed ferrets from the Defenders of Wildlife."
This detective work came about because certain passages of Edwards' book Shadow Bear seemed jarringly out of place to the reader, mainly because they were written in what seemed like a completely different voice and also, presumably, didn't suck as much as the surrounding text. The above link contains many examples of plagiarism by Edwards, and is worth taking a look at.
A tip of my hat to Scott Douglas for telling me about the following bit of thievery. Apparently famous romance writer Janet Dailey admitted to taking chunks of text from Nora Roberts, as can be seen at this link. Sadly, Daily is still a huge name in the romance field and pumps out a ton of books for her adoring fans. Who know what else she's ripped off that hasn't been caught yet.
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