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A Goodreads user asked this question about Carry On (Simon Snow, #1):
Is this book going to be considered a fanfiction since the characters are, to the extent of my knowledge, based off Harry, Ron, and Hermione from the J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series?
Nicole Manville From an interview with Rainbow Rowell, "I intentionally set up the Simon Snow story so that it would take up the same place in Cath’s world as the Har…moreFrom an interview with Rainbow Rowell, "I intentionally set up the Simon Snow story so that it would take up the same place in Cath’s world as the Harry Potter series does in ours. (That let me make lots of fandom jokes and references.)

But the characters and plots are different. Simon isn’t Harry, and Baz isn’t Draco or Snape (or Edward)."(less)
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Carry On
by Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author)
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