Authors Say Review-Bombing Scandal Exposes Industry Racism

Black authors who were targeted by Cait Corrain have banded together as they continue to suffer in the aftermath of having their books review-bombed.

Earlier this week, Corrain, a white author who was set to debut her first novel Crown of Starlight in 2024, was cut loose from her literary agent, publisher, and book distributor after she admitted to torching books—mainly by authors of color—with damaging reviews on the popular book-review platform, Goodreads.

Xiran Jay Zhao, one of the writers who suffered from Corrain’s negativity and a whistleblower who spilled all the literary tea on social media through a 31-page document, said Corrain operated under multiple profiles for months and wrote negative reviews for multiple 2024 sci-fi and fantasy releases—the same genre as her novel.

Read more at The Daily Beast.