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Professor Trelawney: Everything went pitch-black and the next thing I knew I was being hurled headfirst out of the room! Harry Potter: And you didn’t see that coming? Professor Trelawney: No, as I say it was pitch — ” [Glares at Harry angrily]

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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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