Kloves article

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Headline:

When Steve Met Harry 

Subtitle: 

If the magic works, Steve Kloves writes happily ever-after as Harry 
Potter's sorcerer and J.K. Rowlings' collaborator. 

Lead paragraphs: 

It was the seventh item in the package, the last book synopsis in a 
stack Warner Bros. had sent to Steve Kloves on the unlikely chance 
that he would like one. Having just taken Michael Chabon's Wonder 
Boys to the screen, Kloves wasn't really looking for another novel to 
adapt. He wanted his next project to be an original work, something 
he had written, something he could direct. So it was a bit of a 
miracle that he even opened the package (he often didn't), and it was 
certainly remarkable that he actually read what was inside. 

"I don't have a great history of reading coverage," Kloves says. "I 
have a tendency to throw them away." And indeed, as he flicked 
through the pile he thought, No, no, no, sigh, no.

But seven is an odd number, a charmed number, and when he came to the 
last little write-up, a British book he had never heard of, he was, 
in fact, oddly charmed. He called his agent, who was delighted. The 
book was apparently a bit of a thing in the UK, was becoming quite 
popular in the United States, although the title here was different. 
Philosopher had been replaced by Sorcerer, but everything else was 
essentially the same. He would certainly send Kloves a copy. Don't 
bother, Kloves said, he'd pick one up at the bookstore. And within an 
hour or so, he had.

And this is how Steve Kloves met Harry Potter.

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You can read the rest of the article at

http://www.wga.org/WrittenBy/1101/Kloves/Kloves.html

Or find a copy of the Nov. 2001 issue of the "Written By" magazine.

Happy reading!

:) OTR