Genius?

[doddiemoemoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 138382

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rochesteruponmedway" 
<rochesteruponmedway at y...> wrote:
> I'm a bit unhappy about the use of this word "genius" being applied  
to 
> JKR.  She's a fantastic writer.  I enjoy her books immensely.  
> But...genius.  If you apply this word to Jo, what have you got to 
> describe Shakespeare, Mozart, Dickens, Michaelangelo.  These people 
are 
> geniuses. Jo is just very, very good.


Genius??? I dunno...labels typically stink; however, when you consider 
her international sales, all the translations, and her appeal to both 
old and young audiences, we'd be hard pressed to call her anything 
less than a phenomenon..

Doddie,
Whose list of very, very good writers is quite long actually.