Oddly enough, it's the boy wizard himself. She caused a scandal when she killed him off at the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but Albus Dumbledore is still the character JK Rowling would most like to have dinner with, the bestselling children's author has revealed.
Hermione Granger is quite possibly the number one fan-favorite Harry Potter character of the series. She's the perfect combination of heart and head, extremely clever but also brave and compassionate.
J.K. Rowling's favorite 'Harry Potter' book is 'Prisoner of Azkaban'
Harry Potter
Rowling modeled her young hero after her childhood neighborhood friend, Ian Potter, who once lived four doors down from her in her home near Bristol.
Ron Weasley
Rowling stated that one of her closest friends, Sean Harris was the inspiration behind the character; “Although I never meant him to be like Sean, once I got Ron onto the page he often behaved like my oldest friend, who is both very funny and deeply loyal”.
Here are J.K. Rowling's favorite books. Jane Austen is J.K. Rowling's favorite author of all time, and "Emma" is her favorite of her books.
Harry is not sexually attracted to Hermione - he never has been. He does acknowledge that she is pretty at the Yule Ball. Hermione even earns a full paragraph describing everything from her hair to her dress to her teeth.
In the past, J.K. Rowling has said, 'In many, many ways, Hufflepuff is my favourite house. '
Arguably the most famous female character in Harry Potter, Hermione was a dedicated student who always strived to be the best no matter what it took.
Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter himself, has become quite the actor since leaving Hogwarts. Radcliffe carried an entire franchise on his back, which is no small feat, which is why his post-"Potter" career has been so interesting to watch.
James Potter and Sirius Black. This is mostly directed at Sirius since James was quite publicly focused on Lily, but both them were extremely popular, exceptionally powerful, wealthy. James was a near prodigy in Quidditch, and Sirius was a very handsome.
J.K. Rowling Says Hermione Should Have Ended Up With Harry Potter, Not Ron. Well, everything you thought you knew about love is a lie. Turns out J.K. Rowling thinks she made a huge mistake by pairing Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter novels.
The hugely successful author tells Wonderland magazine she chose the red-haired Ron for Hermione for very personal reasons having little to do with literature. She told the magazine she “wrote the Hermione/Ron relationship as a form of wish fulfilment” and said the couple might eventually need relationship counselling.
But Britain's Sunday Times published excerpts of the interview in a front-page story, “JK admits Hermione should have wed Harry.” “I wrote the Hermione/Ron relationship as a form of wish fulfillment. That's how it was conceived, really,” Rowling says in the interview.
Voldemort was the overarching villain of the whole Harry Potter series. His despicable plan to rid the Wizarding World of "Mudbloods" began a decades-long fight. Voldemort cared for nothing and no one but himself. His greatest wish was for people to fear him above all else.
Although there are strengths to every house, Hufflepuff house in particular often comes up short. While the other houses seem cool and invite a certain allure, Hufflepuff is a little different. Often considered the least desirable of all the sorting options, here are some reasons why Hufflepuff house is the worst.
Peter Pettigrew
Though he is accomplished in some ways, he is arguably one of the weakest wizards. Through his time in school he is described as latching on to Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and James Potter as stronger wizards he believed could protect him.
At school, Rowling's favorite subjects were English and foreign languages. She particularly enjoyed reading books such as Manxmouse by Paul Gallico, about a creature with a mouse's body, rabbit's ears, and monkey's paws, and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and other books in C. S. Lewis's Narnia series.
Her parents never received a college education, she lived for years with government assistance as a single mother, and overcame a dozen rejections from publishers to become, almost overnight, one of the most successful and widely read authors in the history of the world.
J.K. Rowling first had the idea for Harry Potter while delayed on a train travelling from Manchester to London King's Cross in 1990. Over the next five years, she began to plan out the seven books of the series. She wrote mostly in longhand and amassed a mountain of notes, many of which were on scraps of paper.
In 1999, American author Nancy Kathleen Stouffer alleged copyright and trademark infringement by Rowling of her 1984 works The Legend of Rah and the Muggles (ISBN 1-58989-400-6) and Larry Potter and His Best Friend Lilly.
Yes she liked Hermione, aside from a short time during Goblet of Fire when she believed Rita Skeeters articles. In which Skeeter wrote that Hermione was toying with Harry's heart and had a thing for famous Quidditch players.