Archive for the 'J.K. Rowling' Category

Sued by Harry Potter’s Creator, Lexicographer Breaks Down on the Stand

April 15th, 2008

New York Times - “Shhh! The librarian at the heart of the Harry Potter copyright-infringement lawsuit stood up to J. K. Rowling on Tuesday in a Manhattan courtroom, and then broke down sobbing.”
Oh NYT, can’t come up with a witty first line again?

Pottermania lives on in college classrooms

March 27th, 2008

CNN.com - “J.K. Rowling has retired Harry Potter, but the fictional boy wizard lives in on college classes across the country where the children’s books are embraced as literary and academic texts.”

Harry Potter author: I considered suicide

March 23rd, 2008

CNN - “Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has revealed she thought of killing herself while penniless and suffering from depression as a single mother, according to a report in Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper.”