--- title: J.K. Rowling Is Not Pleased About A Workshop Using Her Face description: Rowling took to Twitter to publicly shame the website for using her photo for sales canonical: https://time.com/4428521/jk-rowling-workshop-photo/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-28T15:40:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:53.325Z og:title: J.K. 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Pruchnie—Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Jul 28, 2016 3:40 PM UTC It’s not quite like selling [fake protective potions](http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Fake%5Fprotective%5Fpotions), but J.K. Rowling is still not down with [this writing “workshop”](https://bestsellerevent.com/event?affiliate%5Fid=26431) using her photo in its promotions. Rowling tweeted on Thursday about a workshop that teaches people “how to write a best seller and create your 6-7 figure empire” and has a photo of her, along with other successful people, on its site. She implored people not to waste their money on the bestsellerevent.com workshop. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/758613322770112512) ‘Hate’ is a strong word for Rowling, whose books are a pretty long argument in favor of love. 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