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J.K. Rowling
Joanne Rowling, aka J.K. Rowling, went from rags to riches after coming up with the idea for the Harry Potter series on a train in 1990. Her first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was published in June 1997. Ask any questions dealing with the author herself, but please place Harry Potter questions in their designated category.
747 Questions
Did J K Rowling write 2 versions of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix?
There are two versions of all the books. A US and a UK. The only difference is the vocabulary. Ex. Food cart(US) Food trolly(UK)
What page is the argument between Harry Potter and Remus Lupin on?
It occurs in the seventh book in chapter eleven on the pages 210-214. Good for you for asking that!
What is the best series besides twilight and Harry Potter?
After reading Twilight and Harry Potter no series really can match up to its amazingness! There are some really good books out there though. The Corner of the Universe Holes True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Have you read Midnight Sun (Partial)? Or The Tales of Beetle the Bard?
Who are the most famous play writers?
Aeschylus. Sophocles. Euripides. Aristophanes. Plautus. Terence. Seneca. Christopher Marlowe. Lope de Vega. William Shakespeare. Ben Johnson. John Webster. Moliere. Pierre Corneille. Jean Racine. William Brindsley Sheridan. August Strindberg. Henrik Ibsen. George Bernard Shaw. Eugene O'Neill. Tenessee Williams. Bertold Brecht. Arthur Miller. Neil Simon.
Does JK Rowling's husband look like Harry Potter?
Well, she married him after she began writing the books so probably no.
Fireworks by John Williams
In what Harry Potter books did Hermione Jean Granger get detention?
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
Where in any of the Harry Potter books is there an example of connotation?
Slytherin has bad connotations despite the fact that not all slytherins are bad, Gryffindor has good connotations just because that is the house that harry is in but not all Gryffindors are good.
Did someone else write a book about a character in a Harry Potter book?
That would be against the author's rights, but there are quite a number of fan-fictions about these characters.
How did JK Rowling come up with the settings in Harry Potter?
well she probable got the idea of school houses from whatever school she went to, loads of schools in England have houses(i still remember all of mine, they were all birds) so she must of just thought of animals that represent the characteristics of the houses and colours that go with it.
What was the date that The Tales of Beedle the Bard came out?
The Tales of Beedle the Bard was published on 4th December 2008. However the handwritten copies were handed out or auctioned in 2007.
What was the name of the elderly headmaster at the author JK Rowling's?
Armando Dippet.
Albus Dumbledore.
Minerva McGonagall.
(Severus Snape was Headmaster, too; but he was not elderly)
Where and when did jk rolling think of Harry Potter?
J.K Rowling thought of Harry Potter while she was taking a train trip At Kings Cross Station. Remarkably, she thought of many characters but didnt have any paper or something ot write with to remember it all.
How much money was Roald Dahl paid for the Harry Potter books?
Nothing. Roald Dahl did not write Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling did.
Dahl died the same year J.K. Rowling came up with the idea and seven years before it was published. He would never have heard of the series.
J.K. Rowling did not choose the cast of Harry Potter, that was the casting director's job. When Daniel Radcliffe was cast only Rowling herself knew the importance of the green eyes and they did plan to make Radcliffe wear contacts.
Rowling stated that it didn't really matter what colour his eyes were, so long as his mother had the same eyes.
Where can you take J.K. Rowling's wombat tests?
I think the wombat tests are closed, sorry. Last time I checked anyway.
Who is Harry Potters family in the books?
His mom and dad are dead in the book so he stays with his Aunt, Uncle and cousin.
In Harry Potter 7 Why Gellert Grindelwald Killed Ariana Dumbledore She Is A Muggle?
Not sure who killed her, it was an accident during the battle between the three men: Albus, Aberforth and Gellert.
No, she is a witch.
How old is Remus Lupin when he gets married?
He was 37. He was born may 2, 1960 and got married the summer of 1997. (I got this info at: http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Remus_Lupin#Relationships.)
He's Witch Weekly's 5 time most charming smile winner, the writer of numerous books, and during Harry Potter's second year at Hogwarts he was the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. He turned out to be a total fraud, but boy was he pretty.
Who is the most powerful one out the 4 founders of hogwarts?
All of them is dead now, but we know for sure that Salazar Slytherin was the most dangerous madman out of them.
There are a variety of famous books that have been set in Australia. These include The Thorn Bids by Colleen McCullough, The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman, as well as The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton.
