Harry's writing arm and artwork for the books.

[Matt]

No: HPFGUIDX 138012

Merrylinks wrote:

> I just reached the chapter "Detention with Dolores" in OOP, 
> where Harry has been doing lines:
> .........
> "'I must not tell lies,' Harry wrote. The cut in the back of 
> his right hand opened and began to bleed afresh."
> 
> This would indicate that Harry is right handed, at least for 
> writing. Yet on the book covers drawn by Mary Grandpre, Harry 
> appears to be left handed. 

[Snipped: Geoff B. also recalls Harry's explicit statement in PS/SS
that he is right-handed]

So I guess we have an illustrator who's as good with orientation as
JKR is with numbers.  The US cover of HBP also shows Dumbledore with a
healthy right hand, even though it is his right (wand) arm that is
supposed to be injured.  (Yes, Dumbledore is also right-handed; the
narrator refers specifically to his "right" hand when he stands up at
the opening feast in HBP.)

-- Matt