2. About Kaavya
● Kaavya Viswanathan was a Harvard sophomore who
was the author of How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got
Wild, and Got a Life.
● She was born in Chennai, India but was raised in
Scotland and Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.
● She won first prize in the 2003 Ananda Award and won
silver for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
3. What she plagiarized
● Kaavya plagiarized 24 passages from two novels by
Megan McCafferty called "Sloppy Firsts" and "Second
Helpings".
● She was also accused of plagiarizing Salman Rushdie,
Sophie Kinsella, Meg Cabot, and Tanuja Desaihidier.
4. Where she plagiarized
● Kaavya Viswanathan plagiarized at
Harvard which is located at Cambridge
Massachusetts, United States.
5. Why she plagiarized
● Kaavya plagiarized because she was
offered a 2 year book contract for
$500,000.
7. How she plagiarized
● When Kaavya was interviewed on how she plagiarized,
she replied that Megan McCafferty was one of her
favorite authors and she unconsciously wrote down
some of McCafferty's words.
● According to other sources, this can be proven wrong
because it seems that she has also plagiarized from
many different sources as well.
8. Consequences
● After she plagiarized the two novels,
"Sloppy Firsts" and "Second Helpings"
she had to return the $500,000.00 she
earned for publishing the two books. Her
books also got pulled from all book stores
and her movie deals were dropped.
9. These Are The Books That Kaavya
Plaigerized
Sloppy Firsts And Second Helpings.
