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JK Rowling Pens Potter Prequel

Posted May 29, 08 3:49 AM CDT in Business,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Harry Potter fans mourned when JK Rowling ended the enormously popular schoolboy wizard saga with the seventh and final book last year. But now she has written a surprise short prequel likely to trigger a bidding frenzy. Rowling has donated an 800-word handwritten manuscript to the British bookseller Waterstone's to be auctioned for charity.

"We never dreamed that JK Rowling would donate something so precious, and we're incredibly grateful," said one of the organizers.  

Source Daily Telegraph (UK)

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The last of the Harry Potter books being sold last year. Now JK Rowling has written a prequel - just 800 words long - for charity.   (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has written a short prequel to the Harry Potter series. The 800-word hand written manuscript will be auctioned for charity.   (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
Author J.K. Rowling signs copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" last year. Now JK Rowling has written a prequel - just 800 words long - for charity.   (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
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