fantasy -
Felton, Tom -
Ferris, Pam -
Fiennes, Ralph -
Flint -
Flitwick -
Forbes List -
Ford Anglia -
Forest of Dean -
Fraser, Lindsey -
Fry, Stephen
fantasy
JKR doesn't think of her work as traditional fantasy and admits to not reading
much fantasy literature. "I don't read it; and it feels odd to speak of
what I've written as fantasy. It's all set obviously in a very fantastical
context, but some of the characters I think we've all met"
("From the dole to Hollywood,"
Elisabeth Dunn, The Electronic Telegraph, 2 August 1997). And, when asked in
Sch2 about fantasy
novels, JKR said: "In fact, I am not a great fan of fantasy books in
general, and never read them!" But see
Lewis, C.S.,
Pullman, Philip, and
Tolkien, J.R.R..
Felton, Tom
Born in 1987 in London, Tom Felton was cast in the role of
Draco Malfoy for the
Harry Potter films.
Additional information about his life and career can be found at:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271657/.
Ferris, Pam
Born in 1948 in West Germany, Pam Ferris was cast in the role of
"Aunt Marge" Dursley for
PA/f.
Additional information about her life and career can be found at:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0274913/.
Fiennes, Ralph
Born in 1962 in Suffolk, England, Ralph Fiennes was cast in the role of
Lord Voldemort for
GF/f and
OP/f.
Additional information about his life and career can be found at:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000146/.
(Source: "The 122 People and Things We Love This Summer" [interview of Ralph Fiennes] Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2005).
"Flint"
An honest-to-goodness error in the books has come to be called a
"flint," after Marcus Flint, the Slytherin Quidditch captain who
JKR inadvertently included in one book too many, making him an
"eighth year" student. The term was coined by one of the members of the
Harry Potter for Grown Ups list. Remarkably few genuine flints exist,
considering the vast scope of the story.
Flitwick
Pronounced without the "w," Flitwick is a village in Bedfordshire.
See www.flitwick-village.org.uk for further details.
Forbes List
JKR is regularly listed as one of the top most powerful celebrities on
the periodic lists published by Forbes magazine.
Ford Anglia
Car owned by the Weasley family up until it fled to the
Forbidden Forest near
Hogwarts, it was inspired by the car owned by her school friend
Sean Harris.
Forest of Dean
The village of Tutshill where JKR
lived from 1974-1983 is situated right at the edge of the Forest of Dean
and between the confluence of the Rivers Wye
and Severn. The Forest of Dean
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is one of England's last remaining ancient forests, and it was designated
as a National Forest in 1938. Bordered on the southeast by the River Severn
and on the west by the River Wye (which
also forms the border with Wales), this forest is rich with legends that
would likely been of interest
to young Joanne Rowling.
Fraser, Lindsey
Executive Director of the Scottish Book Trust, Fraser was enthusiastic
about Rowling's work from the beginning. She interviewed Rowling for
one of the Telling Tales series published by Egmont under their
Mammoth Imprint, which was titled
An Interview with J. K. Rowling and published by Scholastic in the
United States as Conversations
with J. K. Rowling. This interview is perhaps one of the most informative
Rowling has yet given (SS_JKRB).
and the book itself bears the phrase "The Only Authorized Biography of J. K.
Rowling" on its cover.
Fry, Stephen
Stephen Fry narrates the audio versions of the Harry Potter novels sold in
the United Kingdom. His authorized website,
www.stephenfry.com,
contains a wealth of information about Mr. Fry.
