Character names in her books are often clues to their identities or secrets. For example, Professor Remus Lupin is a werewolf. According to myth, Romulus and Remus were the founders of Rome and were raised by wolves. His last name, Lupin, is derived from the Latin lupus, for wolf, and the English adjective lupine,... Continue Reading →

If it were not for an 8-year-old girl named Alice, the world may never have seen Rowling's Harry Potter series. Nigel Newton is the founder of Bloomsbury, a publishing house that was, at the time, very small and had barely gotten started. He reluctantly accepted Rowling's manuscript but did not read it himself, instead handing it over... Continue Reading →

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