From 0cdaa0ff6d0ee39018061873e24de35b8752fcac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: compumike08 <compumike08@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 03:38:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue #14

---
 src/api/mockAuthorApi.js | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/api/mockAuthorApi.js b/src/api/mockAuthorApi.js
index 44b15247..677cbfe9 100644
--- a/src/api/mockAuthorApi.js
+++ b/src/api/mockAuthorApi.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class AuthorApi {
   }
 
   static saveAuthor(author) {
+	author = Object.assign({}, author); // to avoid manipulating object passed in.
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       setTimeout(() => {
         // Simulate server-side validation
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ class AuthorApi {
           authors.push(author);
         }
 
-        resolve(Object.assign({}, author));
+        resolve(author);
       }, delay);
     });
   }