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Asian American author Xiran Jay Zhao has exposed a white debut author for creating fake Goodreads accounts to review-bomb other writers. Scheme unveiled: Zhao, the New York Times bestselling author of young adult novel "Iron Widow," presented a comprehensive expose revealing that Cait Corrain, the Los Angeles-based author of upcoming novel "Crown of Starlight," had been fabricating Goodreads accounts to manipulate book ratings. The expose, which came in a 31-page Google doc...

LA-based Cait Corrain was set to release Crown of Starlight - a steamy, sci-fi reimagining of the Greek myth of Ariadne and Dionysus - in May 2024.

Asian American author Xiran Jay Zhao has exposed a white debut author for creating fake Goodreads accounts to review-bomb other writers. Scheme unveiled: Zhao, the New York Times bestselling author of young adult novel "Iron Widow," presented a comprehensive expose revealing that Cait Corrain, the Los Angeles-based author of upcoming novel "Crown of Starlight," had been fabricating Goodreads accounts to manipulate book ratings. The expose, which came in a 31-page Google doc...

A white book author lost book deals after creating fake profiles online to give bad reviews to authors of color. 

First-time author Cait Corrain dropped by U.S. publisher and agent after readers and fellow authors accused her of posting fake negative reviews on Goodreads.

Author Cait Corrain was dropped by her agent and publisher after "review bombing" other writers on Goodreads

Cait Corrain, whose book Crown of Starlight was due to be published next year, admits to leaving notices ‘that ranged from kind of mean to downright abusive’

LA-based Cait Corrain was set to release Crown of Starlight - a steamy, sci-fi reimagining of the Greek myth of Ariadne and Dionysus - in May 2024, but has been dropped by her publisher.

Debut author Cait Corrain faces immense backlash after being linked to fake accounts that review bombed other writers and BIPOC authors.

A debut young adult novelist was forced to apologize after she was caught creating fake Goodreads accounts to “one-star” bomb her non-white rivals while praising her own work — and was dropped by her publisher and agent as a result.