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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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The Dark Knight
Points: 5789
minister for magic says:
Well that would be something if it turned out that there were more than one writer for the Harry Potter series.
But it's just JKR and she is the great author of the Harry Potter series.
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 7:40 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2469
Fat Lady Sings says:
I hope JKR sees this. I think she will get a big laugh. I wish I had time to read the entire article right now!
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 7:50 AM EST
Not the Messiah!
Points: 3735
icabarburus says:
Oh, that's too funny! I love a good conspiracy theory ;-)
Of course, I don't believe it, but its good fun...
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 7:51 AM EST
Auror
Points: 3027
Xystus says:
T'is funny! Hehehhahaha. I couldn't stop laughing. But yeah, it'd be crazy if it turned out to be true!
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 7:52 AM EST
Student
Points: 290
GoF fan says:
Ha Ha Ha - very funny!! i dunno why she asks such a question when we have the living proof!!
Jo is the greatest author in the world - she rules.
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 7:54 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1644
auntyj says:
The Nancy Drew series was actually written by a group of writers??!!!
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 7:54 AM EST
Student
Points: 266
Shima_666 says:
me too I hope Rowling see it!
..............
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 7:54 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2245
Snufflesmom says:
What scares me is the logic. Who ever wrote this article has a unique slant of life.
GO JKR!
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 7:56 AM EST
canon
Points: 2575
gaea says:
At first I thought this person was nuts, but then I went to read the article and saw the picture of this person. There she is drinking a brew and talkin' smack about JKR. I think it is time for a 12-steps program...
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 8:02 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 40
Faustine says:
I think that this person here has quite a different way of thinking, like what Aurora has mentioned.
Anyway, things can get really interesting if JKR ever sees this!
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 8:05 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2563
School Governor says:
A theory worthy of Luna Lovegood herself.
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 8:06 AM EST
Slytherin's Golden Locket
Points: 7863
Lady oF Shadows says:
Haha ! that was funny ! i hope JKR sees it, funny article =P~
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 8:21 AM EST
Witch
Points: 821
Leeloomina says:
This is soooooooooooo funny!!! To what lengths would people go to find a good conspiracy...
Maybe The Quibbler is behind all of this. Can't wait to see this rumor pop up in the "Rubbish Bin" of Jo's website, I can see how this would make her laugh...
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 8:23 AM EST
Harry's Mental Advisor
Points: 19432
Smileyradcliffe says:
Ha ha very funny
of course she exists
a very silly rumor too
*laughs*
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 8:25 AM EST
Professor
Points: 1090
Octavian Petronius says:
What people will think about these days is amusing. I wonder what JKR had to say about this article and that theory that she does not even exist.
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 8:26 AM EST
Delusional Army Soldier
Points: 4393
ILoveHP! says:
Oh my god...It's like (no offense meant) they're living in a different world! Whoa, yeah. Actually dead funny!!!
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 8:40 AM EST
Witch
Points: 560
TheBabblingHousewife says:
They really pulled that one out of their you know what.
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 8:45 AM EST
Squib
Points: 193
Sionwitch says:
That woman is only jealous of JKR's success, she don't want to believe that somebody could be as talented as JKR, because is that is possible that would mean that she (this women) is a complete looser. Is only a matter of mental illness. Why isn't the father of that women (that is a psychiatrist) giving serious medication to his daughter?
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 8:45 AM EST
Magical Owl Rising
Points: 4638
Hoots says:
NatMeg - Amen. That story is from where the sun don't shine. It got publicity only because HP is so famous and spectacular.
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 8:47 AM EST
Witch
Points: 750
azponydriver says:
Hrmm... okay, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but fair is fair. I choose to believe that this director from Norway doesn't exist. I believe it is a team of screenwriters who wrote that critically acclaimed film at the behest of a corporation who then brought it to the screen. I believe their film is not biographical, but a well plotted fiction developed in a room filled with pizza boxes and sold to the public as truth. How else can you explain such tired subject matter even reaching the attention of a producer much less making it to actual film? Gosh knows, no single individual could ever come up with anything original, interesting, or well written. There MUST be a team behind every good book or film.
Did someone drop this director on her head when she was a child?
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 8:48 AM EST
Beauty Princess
Points: 6008
H.R.H Queen of Gossip says:
This is simply stupid......................................... I meen J.K Rowling is fabolous writer! I know this books sometimes seem to be to good to be true... but this is ridiculus...
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 8:51 AM EST
Prefect
Points: 348
mpk says:
Ohh...this is a funny theory!
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 8:59 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 57
Horax says:
Strangly enough My Son has thought this for a number of years. He thinks that each book was written by a different writer. It is because he see's great differences in the writing from book to book. Hmmm Strange. Maybe they are in Area 51.
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 9:14 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 76
kureitenshi says:
wow...hahaha-haha-ha-ha! sorry can't stop laughing like Mandark... heehee!
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 9:15 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 3rd Class
Points: 1483
DragonTattoo says:
What a load of #$(_%$#%(. Is it that hard to believe in someone's extraordinary abilities? I find it just fantastic that she has managed so much, and I shall not even think of the nonexistent possiblity that it's all a hoax...
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 9:16 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1237
HeadmistressMcGonagall says:
JK Rowling does exist. I'm sure Emerson could tell you, or even anyone else whoose met her! That's rediculous to think that JK is a group of writers. PU-LEASE!
Posted Dec 1, 2005 at 9:32 AM EST
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