Questions to JKR: Sirius Black of course!

[rainy_lilac at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23408


Here is what I want to know: In a recent interview, Rowling said that 
she has written full biographies of all of her characters, containing 
details which though not necessary to the plot are helpful to her in 
imagining the charcater. I believe she said specifically that she had 
such a bio of Sirius Black.

Without revealing anything that might ruin the future books, could 
she tell us a little bit more about his life? Where is he from? What 
was his family like? Was he in fact the heart-throb of Hogwarts? What 
is his middle name? What is his birthday? What color are his eyes? 

I would like to know what kind of stuff came up in his biography as 
she was writing it. What pivotal things happened early in his life 
which shaped the kind of person he would become?

--Suzanne





--- In HPforGrownups at y..., prefectmarcus at y... wrote:
> > 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?