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While the train-ride origin is famous, she actually wrote the names of the Hogwarts houses for the first time on an airplane sick bag .

Rowling has confirmed that the character of Hermione Granger is based on her own 11-year-old self—a "know-it-all" bookish child. Rowling, Joanne K rar

Her first manuscript was rejected by a dozen publishers. It was finally accepted by Bloomsbury because the chairman’s 8-year-old daughter loved the first chapter. While the train-ride origin is famous, she actually