Re: SHIP: “Emma”, Twists, and HBP

[serenadust]

No: HPFGUIDX 137003

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Pat" <5682574 at s...> wrote:

> 
> Pat:  Jo never intended to aim the books at children.  I know it 
was a long post - did you see the two quotes where she said she 
wrote it for herself, as something she would like to read, and that 
since she's 33, this is probably why adults like the books?  The 
publishers made the decision it was a children's book, just like 
they decided that she needed to call the Philosopher's Stone a 
Sorcerer's Stone.


I'm sorry to be coming to this so late but I just wanted to note 
that JKR does refer to the series as "kids books" in the July 2005 
Dateline NBC interview with Katie Couric.  Here's the link from 
Quick Quotes:
http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2005/0705-nbcdateline-
couric.htm

I was surprised to hear her say this, but say it she did.

Jo Serenadust, back from the dead (sort of)