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Writers facing 'death by a thousand cuts' because of over-sensitive 'sensitivity readers' forcing them to change their words so they do not offend people, Anthony Horowitz warns
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Writers are facing ‘death by a thousand cuts’ because of publishers’ fears over cultural sensitivities, the best-selling author Anthony Horowitz warned yesterday.
The Foyle’s War and Alex Rider writer said editors called ‘sensitivity readers’ were forcing writers to change books over fears of offending readers, and so-called cancel culture.
Horowitz, 67, claimed he was asked to change a passage in his last murder mystery which described a Native