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DECEMBER 1, 2005 at 7:38 AM
Posted by GERI
Source: Aftenposten
In an interesting, yet funny article
from Norway, film director Nina Grünfeld asks "Is it possible that JK Rowling exists?" Grünfeld believes that Rowling is a pseudonym of a group of writers who have written the Harry Potter series, much like the Nancy Drew series. She asks how is it possible for a single mother to create a book that has been published into over 55 languages and sold more than 250 million copies in less than 10 years.
According to the article:
I think the secret behind JK Rowling is guarded more strongly than the entrance to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. The truth, she believes, won't emerge until the market for Harry Potter is saturated, until the actress behind JK Rowling gets tired of her role and not until the real authors behind the pseudonym feel an enormous need for recognition.
Norwegian translator Torstein Bugge Høverstad, who has translated the Harry Potter books notes that:
The books offer evidence that just one author is behind them. He notes how it took three years to get the fourth book finished, and he sees consistent weaknesses in Rowling's writing that no group of hack writers would leave behind.
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Sirius's Veil Thrower
Points: 4651
SiriusBlacksGodDaughter says:
This is hilarious! How could someone think that? I mean I read all the Harry Potter books and it's agreeable, there are mistakes. I remember reading one of them, don't remember which one, and it said nape, instead of Snape...forgot the S! It was funny when I was reading it to my friends, they were like: "Don't you mean Snape?" "Nope, nape!"
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 10:37 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 76
Slytherins Poison says:
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha -falls off chair laughing- ok so that woman seriously needs to go back to her room with the padded walls and put on her I love me jacket!!!
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 11:15 PM EST
Witch
Points: 769
go-go-Gryffindor says:
I laughed when i read this!!! It's just impossible! Besides, if it was several authors, there would be more than 7 books.
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 11:23 PM EST
I'm Daniel's Everything
Points: 4009
KissMeInTheRain says:
I suppose that if I thought really hard about this...It could be true...but let's face it...there is no other JK!!!! We love you so much!!!
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 11:41 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1640
Orange Mocha Frappucino! says:
I think it's pretty ludicrous, J K Rowling is obviously the author. When you read the books over and over you start to see her come out of them, see everything she's ever read dredged up from her imagination. Nancy Drewe is obvious, anyone who's read the series can see the differences and inconsistencies throughout.
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 11:44 PM EST
Head Girl
Points: 466
Magical Miss says:
That is riddiculous! Of course, JKR exist! I think the person who came up with that question is simply jealous of JKR's talent. I bet JKR couldn't stop laughing when she read that, if she did...
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 12:09 AM EST
Head Girl
Points: 423
Mrs.HarryJamesPotter says:
O my god, I so hope that isnt true that would be right up there JFK and elvis still being alive. I think that jo is very talented and I congratulate and thank her for introducing us to a world we could only dream of.
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 12:17 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2682
hplovergurl says:
Haha, yeah like JKR doesn't exist.... She does, doesn't she? Haha just kidding, of course she exists! She is such a great writer, only she could write the HP books this well!
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 12:20 AM EST
Student
Points: 214
Sirius Denial says:
You got to be kidding me. Hahaha That is so funny.
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 12:43 AM EST
Head Girl
Points: 487
Molly3 says:
Sometimes, when I think that JKR has been particularly brilliant, I wonder how one mind can come up with things. But I just can't buy into this one. I had a good laugh!!
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 12:55 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1248
Ivay says:
Gosh, you'll be surprised at what people think of these days...yet so funnny!!BUT OH MY GOD PEPOPLES I SAW GOF YESTERDAY (comes out later in australia) IT WAS SO GOOD...i cried so much when cedric died..
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 1:18 AM EST
Muggle Executioner
Points: 5173
ThunderofHisSky says:
So funny!!!I hope this gets in the Rubbosh Bin in her site.And she should update it because it is already Decmeber.For the Wizard of the Month.
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 1:42 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2860
mad_eye muggle says:
That would be weird,isn't it?That there's a bunch of writers who actualy write the HP series.But i don't belive it,JKR is the one and only author of the HP series.
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 1:48 AM EST
The Chosen One
Points: 9942
Gryffindor Dude says:
Of course she exists! Well I really doubt a group of writers is behind her.. That would just be wrong. I would be unhappy.
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 3:21 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1303
PotterGirlThru&Thru says:
Hahaha!!! Very funny...
Well, if that was true it would be something!!!
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 3:22 AM EST
Witch
Points: 680
Quidditch_Chaser_USA says:
Haha. I don't think so....but it would be cool if that were the case, and we find out like 15 years down the line...and be like 'whoops' But I think she's just talented...and lucky.
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 3:42 AM EST
Wizard
Points: 759
Aberforth12358 says:
Well, HPB certainly seems the work of some imposter.
But the books are great.
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 3:47 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 96
Famest says:
Stupid stupid stupid.
Rowling wrote all HP books herself, just looking into her bank account would be enough evidence :D.
funny theory though :).
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 3:50 AM EST
Wizard
Points: 677
Bill' says:
I don't know if I have to laugh or to be angry! What a bu**sh**t, anyway I don't know the truth but I think I am right. And you?
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 4:11 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1377
Am3liia..*// says:
What a load of BULL!!
Do some people have nothing better to do than make up rubbish storys???
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 4:25 AM EST
The Chosen Hobbit
Points: 2447
Enisnitch Baggins says:
So, "she asks how is it possible for a single mother to create a book that has been published into over 55 languages and sold more than 250 million copies in less than 10 years?" Well, I know the answer. That's because Jo is brilliant, hard worker single mother. I hope I can be like that someday....
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 5:06 AM EST
Witch
Points: 562
accio_rupert says:
Thats funny in a weird way...corse it only JKR! but it would be a cool twist if it turns out a group of nobodies actually devised the whole thing n JKR jus agreed to be the front woman for the series....who am i kidding nobody would not wanna admit creating Harry!!
koolage
xx
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 6:49 AM EST
Queen of the Yarn Ball
Points: 3829
red&gold says:
Now that is funny... Not to mention her history about it all is wrong... It has actually taken 15 years (as per Rowling in the MN/TLC interview) SO... Hopefully that is more believable to her than 10...
I wouldn't call anything about her writing 'weak' at all, but I do agree that there are distinct hints that it is one person... The way she describes a scene in such detail, I don't think two people could come up with something better. There would be too many cooks in the kitchen so to speak.
Now I don't know how true this part is, but I believe the original author of the Nancy Drew Books used the name of his daughter as a pen name. That is where the Carolyn Keene came from.
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 6:52 AM EST
Professor
Points: 1188
sirius'doll says:
Oh, it was lucky it was humorous, otherwise it would have been a complete waste of space.
How can one person get so lucky? why, luck of course. She was in the right place at the right time and with the right idea. While they make her out to be poor, they forget she actually taught english.
Then there is her talent for writing.
Ok, I can see why someone might think that there is more than one writer...how can one person have THIS many idea's crammed into one head? I know personally I would have gone mad entierly...but she hasn't.
I find it very hard to beileve that a whole group of writers would be able to be this consistant with the series.
"...I may be both paranoid and conspiratorial..."
Yes Ms Grünfeld, I think you just may very well be.
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 7:07 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 18
aqua_29 says:
No way..thats tttotaaaaaaaaally dumb..c'mon..JKR is the ULTIMATE!
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 7:09 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1658
I luv to play Seeker says:
This is so ridiculous, it's so ridiculous, it's not even funny. Wonder how JKR will react to this.
Posted Dec 2, 2005 at 8:01 AM EST
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