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| Author | Marie-Pier Côté (plagiarized from Frédéric Jeorge) |
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| Language | French |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Les Éditions des Intouchables |
Publication date | January 17, 2007 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| ISBN | 978-2-89549-258-0 |
Laura l'immortelle ("Laura the Immortal" inFrench) is a novel by Marie-Pier Côté, aQuébécoisCanadian author.[1] The book was published byLes Éditions des Intouchables on January 17, 2007, when Côté was 12 years old.[2][3]
The book was launched with a lot of publicity because of the author's age.[4][5][6] The author initially stated that she secretly wrote the book between mid-October 2005 and mid-June 2006 and corresponded with a friend.[3]
On March 13, 2007 the French-language newspaperLa Presse published an article noting a list of similarities betweenLaura l'immortelle and the filmHighlander;[5]La Presse editor Nathaëlle Morissette discovered that the novel had similarities to the film,[7] with one editor saying that the similarities were "a little troubling."[4]
A Frenchman named Frédéric Jeorge received a copy of the book, and he found that almost all of the book was a copy of "Des cendres et du vent," aHighlanderfan fiction written by Jeorge that was available on the Internet around late 2001.[8] After being confronted, Côté admitted that sheplagiarized the fan fiction, and presented it as an original work.[9][10]
Jeorge received$4,500 as compensation from the publisher, and Michel Brûlé, the owner of the publishing company responsible for the publication of the book, said that Côté's parents also had to pay $24,469.32 as compensation to the publisher.Laura l'immortelle had about 5,000 copies printed.[10][11]
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