John Weasley?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 86864

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hermowninny719"
<hermowninny719 at y...> wrote:
> Hermowninny (me) wrote:
> I found the following Q & A in a online chat at scholastic.com 
> (February 3, 2000)...
> Q.  Do you take real people you know and put them in your books? 
> A. <snip> John Weasley is a little bit like my oldest friend, a man 
> I was at school with, whose name is Sean. But neither of them are 
> accurate portraits. 
> 
> Who is John Weasley?  Could JKR have possibly changed the name of a 
> character at this point (after PoA)?  Could John be the missing 
> Weasley and JKR just slipped in giving his name?  Any other 
> thoughts?
>  
>  
>  Then Erin responded:  
> I think Scholastic must have gotten it wrong, I've only seen that 
> quote as Ron Weasley. Here is the best place to look at the 
> interviews, if you're interested:
> http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/
> 
> Now Hermowninny again:
> Thanks for the link, it looks like a great site.  I will be spending 
> a lot of time there.
> 
> However, I checked the interview in question and it still says "John 
> Weasley."  Therefore, my original questions stand.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> -Hermowninny

Carol:
I'm sure that Erin is right, not only because of the general accuracy
of the site she posted the link to ( I've seen small errors there, but
none worth mentioning) but because there's no John Weasley in the
books. Ron, on the other hand, could quite easily be based on her
oldest friend, just as Hermione is based on her younger self. It makes
sense to me that the man to whom she dedicated her book would be the
one on whom she based Harry's  best friend.

Carol