All of these enormous life events would go on to shape her famous books. She wrote a lot of her life experiences into the novelsĭuring the 7 years until the first book was published, her mother died, her first child was born, she got divorced and lived on state benefits. Apparently, while she was staring out of the window, the whole story just popped into her head! It would still be some time though until this idea became the first Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. JK Rowling had the idea for Harry Potter on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990. However, she did say that she has been influenced by all the different places she has seen in her travels, so I am sure it’s safe to say that Edinburgh would have helped create her vision! She didn’t mention Greyfriar’s Kirkyard which has a lot of Harry Potter stops on it, which means we can presume those are still correct! What we know for certain though is that a lot of places in Edinburgh have now become really important for Harry Potter fans because of legend. So, full disclosure, just after we filmed our video, JK Rowling published a Twitter thread where she disclaimed a lot of rumours about places which are said to have inspired her wizarding world. Is Edinburgh the Birthplace of Harry Potter?
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