Harry Potter on the Train - The Moment When I Had the Idea

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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling talks to CNN about the book and its enduring popularity. She says she had the idea for Harry Potter on a train when she was 25. "The idea that you have secret power, extraordinary power, supernatural power, I think is hugely seductive to all of us"

Host Megan Phelps-Roper writes a letter to J.K. Rowling—and receives a surprising invitation in reply: the opportunity for an intimate conversation in Rowling’s Scottish home.

Produced by Andy Mills, Matthew Boll, and Megan Phelps-Roper, with special thanks to Candace Mittel Kahn and Emily Yoffe.

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