[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore and Malfoy conversation. Is that a clue?/Unbreakable Vows

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 134715

justcarol67 wrote:
>  > Kathy writes:
>  >     Apparently, it is in the U.S. version. A few extra lines were added.
>  > KJ
> 
> 
> Carol responds:
> Speaking as an editor, I think it's very unlikely that the American
> editor added this speech, or that JKR herself added it to one edition
> but not the other. (I don't think the Canadian edition has a separate
> editor; it's probably identical to the British version. Correct me if
> I'm wrong.)
> 
> It's much more likely that the British editor thought that
> Dumbledore's speech was too long and attempted to tighten it, cutting
> all the lines directly relating to "He cannot kill you if you are
> already dead." Possibly he or she thought that child readers, and even
> the terrifed Draco, might misinterpret this offer, or that it provided
> false hope (on a second reading) that Dumbledore, too, was not already
> dead, despite clear evidence to the contrary.

Kathy writes:

     Sorry about that. I didn't mean that they were added without JKR's 
knowledge and approval.  She did say on her most recent interview that 
she sends the manuscript to her U.S. Editor, Arthur and her U.K. Editor, 
Emma and then they discuss changes and/or inclusions. She did say that 
they argue sometimes. I just assumed that this was one of those times, 
like having Harry's mother and father come out of the wand in reverse 
order. I would think that it would be unusual for there to be 
differences, but there have been small errors.
KJ