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J. K. Rowling’s lawyers petitioned London’s High Court last week to dismiss the plagiarism case against the Harry Potter author, but Judge David Kitchin refused. Although the judge called the charges “improbable,” the case may go to trial. The estate of late writer Adrian Jacobs, creator of Willy the Wizard, is suing Rowling for plagiarism. They claim the Triwizard Tournament in Harry Potter and the [...]
JK Rowling was on Oprah today, and the very private author chatted about life after Harry Potter. One of the most surprising things she said was that she’s open to the idea of writing more Harry Potter books. Rowling said the characters “are all in my head still…I could definitely write an eight, ninth tenth…I’m not going to say I won’t. I don’t think I [...]
Fire up your DVRs, Harry Potter fans! J.K. Rowling will make her first appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show this Friday, October 1st. Oprah says that the interview, which was already taped in Scotland, is one of the most interesting she’s ever done. In this rare interview, Rowling speaks candidly with Oprah about her life and career as well as her journey to becoming one [...]
Harry Potter fans at the Wigtown Book Festival in Scotland will be treated to a rare look at pages from J. K. Rowling’s handwritten manuscript for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The two framed pages contain The Ballad of Nearly Headless Nick, which was edited out of Chamber of Secrets. Nearly Headless Nick, the victim of a botched execution, is the resident ghost [...]
Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling has donated $15.4 million to set up a clinic to research multiple sclerosis. The degenerative disease took the author’s mother in 1990, when she was just 45-years-old. According to The Guardian, Rowling says she wanted to support the clinic because “I have just turned 45, the age at which my mother, Anne, died of complications related to her MS.” [...]
Forbes magazine has compiled a top ten list of the highest paid authors in 2010 and the two names at the top of the list come as no surprise. Prolific author James Patterson is the top earner at $70 million. Stephenie Meyer is in second place with $40 million. The list was compiled using data from the past 12 months ending June 1st. Stephenie Meyer’s [...]
Real Name: Joanne Kathleen Rowling Born: 1965 in England Education: University of Exeter Claim to fame: Harry Potter (duh!) First Job: Researcher for Amnesty international, concentrating on human rights in Africa. Why She Rocks: Unlike many women on the world’s richest people list, Rowling’s wealth is self made. She was once a single mother on welfare, and now is worth over $1 billion dollars. Although [...]
