Questions to JKR

[prefectmarcus at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23400

> I am working on a letter to JKR. I need to ask her the status of the 
> new trading cards (how much input did she give and should those 
> spells and facts be considered canon). Anyone want to suggest any 
> other good questions to ask? No, I won't ask about the gleam or who 
> falls in love with who or any of those kinds of things. But factual 
> details that don't give anything away, sure. So what shall I ask 
her?
> Steve Vander Ark
> The Harry Potter Lexicon
> http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon

I hope she answers, or should I say I hope that your letter makes it 
through the gauntlet of filters protecting her from the hundreds she 
must get in a week.

Anyway, I would like to know definitively how many students are at 
Hogwarts.  Is it ~300, ~600, or ~1000?  Are there two more Griffindor 
girls in Harry's year per the Boggart class?  If so, do they have 
names?

While you are at it, you might ask her about the details that will be 
in the movie.  For example, the closing credits will list all the 
speaking parts.  Will any new characters or heretofore unrevealed 
names become cannon or should they be asterixed?