Who is Sophie Lark? The author’s book was drawn via Pro-Elon Musk lines

Popular novelist Sophie Larks upcoming book, Sparrow and vine, Was drawn according to the lines spread on social media and were accused by some by the billionaire, Elon Musk or racist.

Newsweek Worked on LARKS Publisher Bloom Books by e -mail to get a comment.

Why is it important

There were widespread discussions in the online literary community about books, politics and the political nature of reading since President Donald Trump’s re -election. These discussions temporarily mean that authors on social media are heavily criticized for their political views or representations of political ideas in their books.

Musk is an important ally of Trump and the head of the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (Doge). The richest man in the world has a growing presence and an impact on American and global politics. He has often used his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, to exchange political points of view, including support for right-wing movements.

What to know?

Lark is an American author who mainly writes novels. She wrote more than two dozen books, both self-published as well as with Bloom Books, an impression of the US publishing house source books.

Some social media users criticized Lark and Sparrow and Vine about two snippets. In the first, one character says: “I was inspired by Elon Musk. I use his five -stage design process” and in another dialogue, the book says: “Shouldn’t there are a crew of people with a questionable working visa who choose these grapes for us?”

A TIKTOK user described her book as “Maga Coded”, while a commentator about Godreads wrote that Sparrow and vine “Would have been a good book if it hadn’t been overshadowed by gross inner thoughts and racism.”

Lark, whose work comprises the “Kingmakers” and “Underworld” series, has publicly published an apology on her Instagram page, in which she said: “My intention was to create and demonstrate a faulty main character, but instead I wrote dialogue, which has read as an attack on a community that is very important to me.”

She said during the processing process, she proposed her publisher to remove these lines and “made the wrong decision to keep them”.

What people say

Sophie Lark, in the apology that was shared of her Instagram page: “At first I would like to say how much I appreciate this community. Your passion, support and willingness to have meaningful conversations always meant the world. That is why it is so important for me to address something that I made wrong. It was drawn to me that certain limits in Sparrow and Vine violate.

A Goodreads user commented: “Casual racism and the FMC are a big Elon Musk fan. Always a big no, but even more given the current state of the world.”

What happens next

In the apology that was shared on her Instagram page, Lark said that “this book and this series will pause for some newcomers to ensure that my work does not contribute to harm”.

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