In a profile of fashionista Daphne Guinness, Rebecca Mead wrote in the 9/26/11 issue of The New Yorker that “even before J.K. Rowling came up with the idea, Guinness dreamed of wearing a cloak that would render her invisible.”
About Roger SuttonRoger Sutton has been the editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc, since 1996. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his M.A. in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a B.A. from Pitzer College in 1978. Follow him on Twitter: @RogerReads.
Rowling, that idea thief! And people were writing about witches, wizards, wands, Philosopher Stones, trolls, elves, dragons, grindylos, giants, mermaids, mountains, lakes and trees long before SHE ever did.