‘Twilight’ author in plagiarism row

LONDON: Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight, has been accused of plagiarism by Jordan Scott, author of ���The Nocturne.���
In a cease and desist letter to the publishers of Meyer���s ���Breaking Dawn���, the fourth in the hit series, Scott has claimed that the 2008 novel bears a ���striking and substantial similarity��� to her 2006 fantasy book ���The Nocturne���.
Scott has accused Meyer of recreating specific scenes from her own vampire novel and using near-identical dialogue. However, a rep for Meyer is adamant Scott���s claims are completely false.
���The claim that Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer somehow infringes on an alleged book by someone named Jordan Scott is completely without merit,��� the Daily Star quoted the rep as saying. ���Neither Stephenie Meyer nor her representatives had any knowledge of this writer or her supposed book prior to this claim,��� the rep added.
The ���Twilight��� books are the basis for a movie series. The first film, ���Twilight,��� has earned more than $380 million at worldwide box offices, and the second, ���New Moon,��� hits theaters in November.
In ���Breaking Dawn,��� Bella marries the blood-sucking Cullen and the book follows Bella through a difficult pregnancy and her new life as a vampire.