Where are those famous fact-checkers NOW?

by Roger Sutton
Nov 15, 2011 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
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."
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. 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 MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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MIM

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.

Posted : Nov 16, 2011 02:32

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