Rowling said she was "thrilled" that the novel has been commissioned.

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He said Rowling's rags-to-riches success and the imaginative stories stirred a passion for artistic expression.

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"With Pottermore, (Rowling) has said, 'Yes, you can come in and tell those stories the way you want to, " Kellogg said.

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Eddy said that Rowling, when writing stories, was much more likely than other students to produce fantasy.

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Blair said that in the interview Rowling had misspoken about her contract with Bloomsbury, and, in insisting that the quote be revised, took a stance that MacArthur found extraordinarily aggressive.

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Ms. Rowling's agent, Neil Blair, said that he negotiated directly with Little, Brown in the U.K. for world English rights rather than offering the title for auction.

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