J. K. Rowling tells a new " Harry Potter " story on her website
Eight years after writing the last of her "Harry
Potter" novels, J.K. Rowling is still adding to the
boy wizard's story.
The author posted new information Tuesday
about the Potter family, the background
provided on a "newly imagined" and mobile
friendly version of the Pottermore Web portal
that Rowling established in 2012.
In a brief essay titled, "The Potter Family,"
Rowling traces Harry's roots to "the twelfth-
century wizard Linfred of Stinchcombe, a locally
well-beloved and eccentric man, whose
nickname, 'the Potterer', became corrupted in
time to 'Potter.'" She also offers the backstory
on the "Invisibility Cloak," a legacy made
possible by a "beautiful young witch" named
Iolanthe Peverell.
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