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March 20, 2023By Katy Hershberger

Co-Author Loberg Accepts Blame, As More Plagiarism Is Found In Agus’s Three Earlier Books

March 20, 2023By Katy Hershberger

After revelations of plagiarism in Dr. David Agus’s THE BOOK OF ANIMAL SECRETS, which will be delayed as the author corrects the copied passages, the LA Times found more evidence of plagiarism in Agus’s previous books. The paper found more than 120 instances plagiarism in THE END OF ILLNESS (Free Press, 2012), A SHORT GUIDE TO A LONG LIFE (S&S, 2014), and THE LUCKY YEARS (S&S, 2016), all published by Simon & Schuster. Agus’s co-author Kristen Loberg took the blame. In a statement to the Times, she said, “I accept complete responsibility for any errors my work may have contained. […]

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