![]() ![]() When I finally read the story, after surrendering my name, email address, and birth date, I felt a little conned. If you aren’t already a member of Pottermore, Rowling’s official fansite, you’ll have to sign up for an account. ![]() What’s being billed as Rowling’s first post- Deathly Hallows short story set in the “Harry Potter” universe is just a brief fictional dispatch from Rita Skeeter, the wizarding world’s nastiest gossip columnist. Almost seven years after publishing the final Harry Potter book, Rowling has returned to the wizarding world for the first time, but the results are flimsy. If, like me, you woke up this morning excited by the headlines and tweets declaring that Rowling has written a new Harry Potter story, you may be disappointed. (She published her second pseudonymous detective novel last month, to solid reviews.) There are celebrity writers, and then there are celebrity writers-the kind who can post a 1500-word piece of writing on their personal website and immediately make international headlines. Rowling, who has always had a strained relationship with her own fame, might as well be talking about herself. Rowling’s latest Harry Potter short story, published this morning on her own website, Pottermore. ![]() “There are celebrities-and then there are celebrities.” That’s the first line of J.K. ![]()
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