JK Rowling

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Score 22

It's true, I did. And they called my PA, who laughed and turned to me and said 'you won't believe this. It's someone pretending to be from the Balmoral, saying you graffitied a bust.' And I had to say, 'oh yeah, I did do that, actually.'

Wizarding World Direct

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Today in 2007, J. K. Rowling finished writing HARRY POTTER and the Deathly Hallows at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh

She celebrated by graffiti-ing a bust in her hotel room

1/12/2026, 3:45:16 PM

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