Hermione's Last name

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 84837

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "katia112003" <barrie1111 at j...>
wrote:
> I was reading _Fahrenheit_451_ by Ray Bradbury and saw that the man 
> whom Montag meets (who introduces him to "the Book People") was named 
> (probably last-name) Granger.  Could this be where JKR got Hermione's 
> last name?  I thought it was funny that Granger is a walking library 
> :)
> 
> Just Musing,
> 
> Katia,
> who has been a member of this group for six months, and finally 
> decided to post.


bboy_mn:

It's possible that is may have inspired her. She seems to be very well
read, and many of the references in her books come from other literature.

Don't know if it's relevant, but historically, Grange and Granger
refer to farm and farmer.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn