Would you like the good news or the bad news first?  Let’s start with the bad news so that we can end on a happier note.

Stephenie Meyer has been accused of plagiarism.  Author Jordan Scott claims that passages in Meyer’s fourth book in the Twilight series bear “striking and substantial similarity” to parts of his internet book The Nocturne. Representatives for Meyer’s made the following statement:

“The claim that ‘Breaking Dawn‘ by Stephenie Meyer somehow infringes on an alleged book by someone named Jordan Scott is completely without merit. Neither Stephenie Meyer nor her representatives had any knowledge of this writer or her supposed book prior to this claim.”