--- description: As part of a pop culture tweet thread, Miranda included a nod to the sixth Harry Potter book, prompting a heartwarming reply from Rowling. title: J.K. Rowling and Lin-Manuel Miranda Had the Best Harry Potter Twitter Exchange image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Social Media](/tag/social-media/) ## Social Media Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # J.K. Rowling and Lin-Manuel Miranda Just Had the Most Delightful _Harry Potter_ Exchange  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 8, 2016 9:38 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 8, 2016 9:38 PM CUT [_Harry Potter_](http://time.com/4572382/fantastic-beasts-harry-potter-timeline/ "undefined")and [_Hamilton_](http://time.com/4577744/hamilton-actors-react-mike-pence-donald-trump/ "undefined")are two of the biggest pop culture phenomenons ever, so the fact that their creators — [J.K. Rowling](http://time.com/4590449/j-k-rowling-annotated-harry-potter-book/ "undefined") and Lin-Manuel Miranda, respectively — seem to love each other’s work, is just the icing on the cake. As part of a Wednesday [tweet thread](https://twitter.com/Lin%5FManuel/status/806476844123979776 "undefined") titled, “POP CULTURE EVENTS FROM WHICH I HAVE STILL NOT RECOVERED, MANY YEARS LATER,” Miranda included a nod to the sixth book in the beloved _Potter_ series, prompting a heartwarming reply from its author. Referencing the scene in _The Half-Blood Prince_ when Harry and Dumbledore are fleeing the cave in which Dumbledore drank the potion of despair to obtain what he thought was one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes, Miranda quoted the headmaster’s answer to Harry’s pleas to remain calm: “‘I am not worried, Harry,’ said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. ‘I am with you.'” > [](https://twitter.com/Lin%5FManuel/status/806494310095089665) Rowling responded to the tweet Thursday morning, explaining why she appreciated his shout out. “Cannot tell you what this means (from you), because this moment is one of my very favourites,” she wrote. “Always feel \[_Half-Blood Prince_\] gets overshadowed by \[_Deathly Hallows_\]…” > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/806815773062791168) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4595248/j-k-rowling-lin-manuel-miranda-harry-potter-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4595248/j-k-rowling-lin-manuel-miranda-harry-potter-twitter/"},"headline":"J.K. Rowling and Lin-Manuel Miranda Just Had the Most Delightful Harry Potter Exchange","datePublished":"2016-12-08T21:38:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:17.562Z","description":"Pure magic","url":"https://time.com/4595248/j-k-rowling-lin-manuel-miranda-harry-potter-twitter/","keywords":["Social Media","Newsfeed","Books","twitter","Harry Potter","J.K. Rowling","lin-manuel miranda"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/social-media/","name":"Social Media"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4595248/j-k-rowling-lin-manuel-miranda-harry-potter-twitter/","name":"J.K. Rowling and Lin-Manuel Miranda Just Had the Most Delightful Harry Potter Exchange"}}]}] ```