J.K. Rowling’s Twitter account, where she interacts with fans and posts on things she’s passionate about.
12 Grimmauld Place
- A Black ancestor coveted the house, ‘persuaded’ the Muggle occupant to leave and put appropriate spells on it [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/563635069102080000]
American School
- Salem Witches’ Institute is a play on the WI, NOT the American school [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/607275327111458816]
- School is not in New York [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/607277795543273472]
- There is some kind of relation with Native American magic [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/607455436581806081]
- Important in founding [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/607458078427082752]
- Name of school is of immigrant origin [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/607457246637912064]
- Has house system [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/622164892016078848]
Cursed Child
- Not a prequel [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/614336035712073728]
- Untold part of Harry’s story [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/614337589886238720]
- Written by Jack Thorne but should be considered canon because it was developed with J.K. Rowling [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/615498601809211393]
Vernon Dursley
- Loves Top Gear [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/622155949848023040]
- Only paid license fee because he watched it and called for Jeremy Clarkson’s reinstatement [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/622157481582698496]
Fantastic Beasts film
- Set in New York for the length of the whole movie [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/519595139673497600]
Flourish and Blotts
- Located halfway down Diagon Alley on the left-hand side [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/630391064881459200]
Fluffy
- After the Battle of Hogwarts, was repatriated to Greece [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/563634348524843008]
Anthony Goldstein
- Was Jewish Ravenclaw [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/544946669448867841]
Rubeus Hagrid
- Could not produce a Patronus [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/634666242943655936]
Hogwarts
- Attending Hogwarts is free, cost covered by MoM [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/622118373061709824]
- Safe place for LGBT students [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/544998416414412801]
- Hufflepuff hourglass has diamonds [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/459683482575572992]
Luna Lovegood
- Birthday 13th Feb [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/622008983000363008]
Teddy Lupin
- Harry didn’t name his children Remus, so Teddy could name his own son after him [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/606878809829310464]
- Hufflepuff’s Head Boy, was ‘disappointed’ when James S Potter was sorted into Gryffindor [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/638778021663666176]
Magical Congress of the United States
- Single body [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/630123670585909249]
Moaning Myrtle
- Full name Myrtle Elizabeth Warren [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/597730858808782848]
Patronus
- Your Patronus only changes form for eternal, unending love [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/601377849744990208]
Peter Pettigrew
- Sorted into Gryffindor for who he could have been, but he deviated further and further from this [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/622009919747792896]
Resurrection Stone
- The crack was irreparable. Only Dumbledore could extract the soul piece but leave the original charm intact [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/563737784754896896]
Porpentina Scamander (née Goldstein)
- Nicknamed Tina [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/606360820428193792]
- Younger sister Queenie [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/606362972550795264]
- Surname Goldstein, distant relation of Anthony [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/630391064881459200]
Fred Weasley
- Born first of the twins [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/602105708511961091]
Wands
- Curupira hair is an unstable wand core [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1243304120389427201]
Wizarding Schools
- Uagadou is in Uganda [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/693533134609072128]
Interesting facts and notes
@HotmHayles @lankytwat (May 11) Moaning Myrtle’s full name was Myrtle Elizabeth Warren.
— J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling May 11, 2015 Nothing to do with the United States Elizabeth Warren I hasten to add! ‘Elizabeth’ is just one of those classic British middle names.
— J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling May 11, 2015
When asked if she knew the name all along, Rowling replied that she always knew “Warren” was Myrtle’s last name, but picked Elizabeth instantaneously when thinking of a “good middle name of the period.” Rowling joked: “the moment I’d committed myself, I thought: uh oh :)”.
Arbin Gordon (@PauliePoBoy) Aug 8
@jk_rowling Is the Magical Congress of the United States of America a two party system similar to the muggle congress?
— J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling Aug 8
Arbin Gordon (@PauliePoBoy) No, it's a single body.
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