No. 35

[serenadust]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Cristina Rebelo Angelo" 
<cristina_angelo at y...> wrote:
> I beg to disagree, as portuguese. Harry Potter is not brit, he was 
born in
> Portugal (JKR said she'd had the idea for the books in 
Portugal!!!), and
> according to our laws, anyone born in portuguese soil is
> portuguese!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> And since JKR interviews can be considered canon, this is true!!!!


Can you direct me to the interview where JKR said she'd had the idea 
for the books in Portugal?  I know that she lived there for a while 
during her brief first marriage, but in the "Harry Potter & Me" TV 
special, she described having her first inspiration for Harry and 
his story on a British train.  She said that the train had been 
delayed for several hours, she had nothing to write with, and so she 
just sat and came up with his whole character and story line while 
on the train.

I thought I'd read most of her interviews, but I've never seen onew 
where she said she had the idea for Harry while in Portugal.

Jo Serenadust