![]() ![]() Once a penniless single mother, she became the first person on earth to make $1bn by writing books, but her rare public appearances suggested a faint ice maiden quality, less Cinderella than Snow Queen. The scruffy redhead who used to write in the cafes of Leith has slowly transformed into a glossy couture blonde, unknowable behind an impregnable sheen of wealth and control. In the 15 years since she published her first Harry Potter, Rowling has become both universally known and almost unrecognisable. Its prospect begins to assume the mystique of an audience with Her Majesty – except, of course, that Rowling is famously much, much richer than the Queen. The mere fact of the interview is deemed so newsworthy that Le Monde dispatches a reporter to investigate how it was secured. ![]() Afterwards, I am instructed never to disclose the address of Rowling's Edinburgh office where the interview will take place. ![]() Even the publishers have been forbidden to read it, and they relinquish the manuscript gingerly, reverently, as though handling a priceless Ming vase. I am required to sign more legal documents than would typically be involved in buying a house before I am allowed to read The Casual Vacancy, under tight security in the London offices of Little, Brown. ![]()
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