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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (349)10/6/2005 9:58:32 AM
From: sea_urchin  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 418
 
Gus > Better to tell the kids about a Cinderella-teacher-turned-bestseller who dreamt it all up on her own... and leave the 1,000-page contracts, the ghostwriters, and the financial and non-disclosure clauses to the lawyers

Nice try but I don't think it's true for the simple reason that if a "syndicate" was involved in writing the books she wouldn't be as wealthy as she is.

news.bbc.co.uk

>>Boy wizard Harry Potter has made author JK Rowling richer than the Queen, according to The Sunday Times Rich List.

The 37-year-old has more than quadrupled her personal fortune in the past two years.

Her £280m makes her the wealthiest woman in showbusiness and Britain's 122nd richest person - 11 places higher than the Queen.<<