One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[colebiancardi]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
>  I would have no objection at all
> to a similar work by JKR as long as she realized that it reflected the
> writing process and that a rejected draft or her imagined view of a
> character is not canonical.
> 

colebiancardi:

huh?  JKR's imagined view of a character is what brought that
character to life and to us.   I know that George Lucas, the creator
of Star Wars, has made all of the comics & novels written about the
Star Wars universe canonical, even though they are the movies or
stories he has written himself.

I would think that any of JKR's works or viewpoints are canonical,
even if some of her views contradict each other.  

Who gets to decide what is canonical?  I would think the author does.