Annie answers “I'm about halfway through, and can't help...”

Dru asked this question about Steppenwolf:

I'm about halfway through, and can't help but notice the main characters are "Harry and Hermine". Seems I've heard something AWFULLY close to those two in a more popular YA novel recently....has JKR ever admitted to taking the names from Steppenwolf?

Annie not specifically that I know of, but she did say once that she "collected names." I've run across names from her books in books from Agatha Christie t…morenot specifically that I know of, but she did say once that she "collected names." I've run across names from her books in books from Agatha Christie to Dickens. And it is obvious from her books that she is very well read and knowledgeable about literature. It wouldn't surprise me at all to find she had read Steppenwolfe.
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