Why did you want to write Quidditch Through The Ages and Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them?
They are two titles that appear in the novels – Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is a book that Harry buys to go to Hogwarts, so it’s one of his school textbooks, and Quidditch Through The Ages is a library title. I always write more than I need for the books, so bits of them were just written for my own fun. So when Comic Relief asked me to write something, I thought I would just love to write them, I just thought it would be so much fun, and I was completely correct. It was more fun than I’ve had writing the others. How did these books come about? I got a letter from Richard Curtis, who started Comic Relief, saying, “Would you consider writing us a short story?” And then he cunningly said something like, “I’m sure you won’t. We’ll still love your books, even if you don’t, but just thought we’d ask.” Which is a very clever way of asking someone to do something. But I didn’t really need much persuasion, as I have always supported Comic Relief, and I think they do fantastic work,
