Em que casa Rowling foi classificada?

Ela era uma Hufflepuff pré-Pottermore (baseada em um teste feito por fãs) e uma Grifinória através de Pottermore. Ela se considera uma Grifinória.

Em 2000, J.K. Rowling fez um teste aleatório de escolha de fãs que ela tropeçou enquanto tentava entender o que "a internet" era. Ela tem lufa-lufa.

The Internet! Twice I've been on the internet. Friends of mine were telling me what's on there and I'd never gone looking before. First time, I thought I was never coming back, it's too scary. Some of the stuff that's out there is very weird. Second time I went in there someone had set up an unofficial fan site where you can be sorted, they have a Sorting Hat, and I was Hufflepuff. I wasn't that pleased! If anyone's meant to be Gryffindor, it's me.

_{Mzimba, Lizo. Transcript of interview with J.K. Rowling, BBC Newsround, Fall 2000}

Onze anos depois, ela fez seu próprio teste para conseguir a casa que queria.

Scholastic: We polled some of your fans and we asked them what question they most wanted you to answer. Close to 40,000 people voted and the question they selected with 40 percent of the vote: Which Pottermore House are you in?

J.K. Rowling: Well as I say, I know how it works. So I logged on, and I’m now on Pottermore as a regular user – that’s how I go check what’s going on – although I’m not going to give my user name. So I went through the Sorting, and I am a Gryffindor. But I had a moment as I clicked the answer to the last question – and bear in mind, I wrote the questions – I thought, “Hey, I’m not sure if I’ve answered to get Gryffindor.” I answered them completely honestly, and I knew that I’d answered a couple for different Houses so I thought, “I wonder how they’re going to work this out.” Yes, I am in Gryffindor.

_{Scholastic Harry Potter Reading Club webchat}

J.K. Rowling foi selecionada para Grifinória. .

I logged on, I’m now on Pottermore as a regular user. That’s how I check what’s going on – even though I’m not going to give my username. I went through the sorting. I had a moment… I thought, ‘Hey, I’m not sure if I answered the questions, I answered honestly, to get me into Gryffindor.’ But yes, I am in Gryffindor.”

Rowling revela em uma entrevista em 1999 que ela não é uma bruxa:

Am I a Muggle? Yes, I am definitely a Muggle.

A Muggle with abnormal amount - er - of knowledge about the wizarding world.

Suas respostas sobre acreditar em magia também confirmam que ela é uma trouxa. Primeiro em outra entrevista de 1999 :

[…] Did you believe in fairies and magic?

I don't believe in magic in the sense that I write about it, but I do believe that extraordinary things can happen in the world for which we don't yet have an explanation. […]

Confirmado em entrevista em 2003 :

I really don’t in magic the way that it appears in book. I could be slightly corny and say I do believe in other kinds of magic; the magic of the imagination for example, and love, but magic as in waving a wand - no. I’d love to believe in it but I’m afraid I can’t.

Assim, J. K. Rowling não tem permissão para ir a Hogwarts e não será escolhida para uma casa.

A edição de 2014 dos livros do Reino Unido (que eu tenho) contém um 'arquivo de fatos de Harry Potter' no final de Cálice de Fogo . Inclui essa pepita.

Of all the Hogwarts houses, Joanne would want to be in Gryffindor. "That is not to say I would be there. I think there is a good bit of Hufflepuff in me."