My Subconscious Made Me Do It

Kaavya Viswanathan continues to insist that she never intentionally copied passages of her novel from two books by Megan McCafferty, and said in an appearance on NBC’s Today Show that her love for McCafferty’s works must have led her to unconsciously paraphrase the author’s words. Meanwhile, lawyers from Viswanathan and McCafferty’s respective publishers are discussing the potential implications of the plagiarism, even as Viswanathan’s publisher says that it has no intention of withdrawing the book.