He Wrote a Book by Ilariya

‘Hey, listen.
It’s from today’s news: “The prize was awarded to a novice. It’s his first novel.”Hard to believe.’
‘Why? There are many authors whos first work is the best. But many of them never write a book as good. Maybe he was writing this book for many years.’
‘I don’t think so. He is really young It’s said here he is the same birth year as you.’
‘Really? Let me see. “Young genius of words blah blah blah Adam Braun!?!?” No way! Is there his photo? Here it is. It’s really him. It must be a mistake.’
‘What happened? Do you know him?’
‘Yeah. We were studying in the same high school.’
‘Ha, so are you just jealous?’
‘No you don’t understand. The Adam I used to know wasn't able to write an article, not saying about the award-winning book.’
‘What was he like?’
‘Typical bully who thought about himself as a king. He played in a basketball team, dated the most popular girl. If not his rich parents, he would never even end up in a high school. His grades were horrible. And he considered books to be nerdy. We even questioned is he able to read. I expected him to live on his parents’ money, or work in a family business, thanks to his dad. Not that’
‘Wow, what a change…’
A few weeks later
‘Hey, You was right. Look what they are writing about your ex-schoolmate. The receiver of the prestigious prize is accused of fraud. A reliable source claims the idea of the plot was plagiarized. See. Why don't you look convinced?’
‘I am not so sure that it is true.’
‘Why? Just a few weeks ago you were sure he couldn’t write a book. And from what you told me about him at school, he totally could have done it.’
‘I think he’s changed a lot since I saw him last time. After I heard that He wrote a book, I couldn’t believe it. So I read it. Did you know it’s actually based on his life? Soon after graduation, he got into a car accident, and his eyes were damaged. That’s when he started writing. And Now I think he did write it. It’s, of course, not a biography, but I see some familiar moments. And it’s so personal.’
‘Well, Adam answered the same on accusations. But someone claimed that that was his idea and he can even prove it. Let’s wait and see how it turned out.’