FAQs: Lily died before James?

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 103180

> asian_lovr2:
> 
> That's exactly what I thought. She was asked about wand order, and 
her
> mind shifted to thinking about death order, and in a sense, gave 
the
> right answer to the wrong question.
> 
> HOWEVER...
> 
> On her website she said that the original manuscripts were correct,
> that James came out first, therefore died last. 
> 
> She further says that the original UK publication was correct which
> showed James appearing first, then later changed by the USA 
publisher.
> Attributing this mistaken correction to the rush to publish and
> fatigue. Later other editions were corrected to match the USA
> editions, and now JKR is correcting the mistake once and for all.
<snipping>

Jen: If JKR is correcting this mistake once and for all, effectively 
opening up an old debate again, it seems like she'd give it a little 
more hoopla, wouldn't she? Like a Dark Mark over the answer or 
something? She just casually posts this very important plot-point, 
something that reverses a belief held for several years by fans, and 
there's no explanation or retraction or anything? I don't know. You 
make a good argument though, Steve. 

Jen Reese