Out-Pottering J.K. Rowling

For those of us who write young adult fantasy, no figure looms larger in our minds than the queen herself, Ms. J.K. Rowling. Writers have always fantasized about the fame and fortune that comes with a wildly successful fantasy series, but now that towering pedestal not only comes with those perks, there's company as well. In the writing game, only the immortality of Shakespeare can top her, and I'm willing to bet more than a few authors would willingly sacrifice that for her kind of renown.

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