[HPforGrownups] Petunia the Witch (Was: HP and the Stair that Creaks)

[Trond Michelsen]

No: HPFGUIDX 54713

On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 11:31:50PM +0200, Troels Forchhammer wrote:
> and in another she reportedly says: "There is a charecter
> who manages to do magic very late in life, but this is
> very rare in the world I am writing about" - I have not
> been able to find out where that comes from,

> If anyone knows from where the latter quotation
> originates, I would be very happy to learn.

I've got that one..

--8<--
Q: Will there be, or have there been, any "late blooming" students in
   the school who come into their magic potential as adults, rather
   than as children? By the way, I loved meeting you, and hearing you
   speak, when you came to Anderson's in Naperville. I can hardly wait
   until you tour again.

A: Ahhh! I loved the event at Anderson's. It was one of my favorites.
   That is completely true. No, is the answer. In my books, magic almost
   always shows itself in a person before age 11; however, there is a
   character who does manage in desperate circumstances to do magic
   quite late in life, but that is very rare in the world I am writing
   about.
--8<--

This was from a chat at Barnes & Nobles 19th march 1999, so it was even
before the release of PoA. (Actually, I believe it was before the US
release of CoS as well)

Unfortunately, B&N has deleted the transcript from their site, and it
doesn't seem like Aberforth's Goat has it either. I did grab a copy of
it while HPGalleries was still up, though.

http://www.crusaders.no/~afhp/interviews/BarnesAndNoble.com%20Chat%20(March%2019,%201999).htm

-- 
  // Trond Michelsen
\X/  mike at crusaders.no