Of all the books listed here, Jane Yolen's work is the one that seems closest to the Rowling books. It seems that Rowling used Yolen's work as a jumping board and developed the world that Jane Yolen began writing about in Wizard's Hall. I do enjoy Rowlings book and her characters and sense of humor are what made it work Jane Yolen is one of my favorite authors, so if Rowling chose to use Yolen's work to expand upon, she was very savvy in doing so!
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Re: JK Rowling
Of all the books listed here, Jane Yolen's work is the one that seems closest to the Rowling books. It seems that Rowling used Yolen's work as a jumping board and developed the world that Jane Yolen began writing about in Wizard's Hall. I do enjoy Rowlings book and her characters and sense of humor are what made it work Jane Yolen is one of my favorite authors, so if Rowling chose to use Yolen's work to expand upon, she was very savvy in doing so!