And now for something completely different...

[lagattalucianese]

No: HPFGUIDX 137866

> 
> Barb now:
> 
> As for why GrandPre drew him left-handed-only she knows. I think I 
> remember reading that she based Harry on herself-maybe she's left-
> handed? Or maybe it just looked better with the wand in his left 
> hand. 
> 
> -Barb
>
Gatta:

I've noticed quite a few discrepancies between the text and the
GrandPre illustrations, though of course now that I need an example,
none springs nimbly to mind.

A friend who writes romance novels tells me this is an ongoing problem
between writers and illustrators; apparently illustrators are under as
tight a schedule as everybody else, and don't take time to read the
book carefully, if indeed they read it at all. Was GrandPre
hand-picked by JKR, or someone foisted on her by the publisher? Did
she do the art for the British editions as well?

As an amusing aside, I have a couple of historicals, one about Richard
III, the other about Elizabeth I, that have the same identical cover
art. Of course, it doesn't have anything to do with either novel.