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I have a legal question about libel. I've searched around online but I'm wondering what the folks at AW think about this. I'm writing a novel in which one of my characters is related to a famous serial killer who is currently alive and in jail. He doesn't appear in the book but the character does receive a letter from him. From what I've read online, I can't put words in this person's mouth so I was planning on only using public statements he'd made and then putting a disclaimer in the acknowledgments. Would that be enough? Do you think this would keep agents and/or publishers from considering my novel?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!