--- description: The Harry Potter author tweeted the one question she really hates being asked by fans title: Do Not Ask J.K. Rowling This Question About Harry Potter image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1bace8f7c57994da/6988d63a86f68e6ed76e59ec/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone-quidditch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is the One Question You Should Never Ask J.K. Rowling About Harry Potter by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 11, 2017 2:35 PM CUT  Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone7831/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 11, 2017 2:35 PM CUT J.K. Rowling really wants [Harry Potter](http://time.com/4922113/hogwarts-digital-tour/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") fans to stop asking her one question. Journalist Mark Harris took a Twitter poll about the worst way to start a conversation with someone you’re trapped in an elevator with: > [](https://twitter.com/MarkHarrisNYC/status/905897399146696704) [Rowling](http://time.com/3735076/j-k-rowling-troll/?iid=sr-link10 "undefined") jumped at the opportunity to make a desperate plea to fans to stop badgering her about one small detail in her wildly popular series. In a succinct tweet, the author explained that the person she would least like to be in an elevator with is someone who really, really cares about the scoring rules for Quidditch, the sport she invented for the[ _Harry Potter_ ](http://time.com/3020395/daniel-radcliffe-gif-aging/?iid=sr-link7 "undefined")universe. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/906630204164100098) Of course, if [Rowling](http://time.com/4044067/harry-potter-pottermore-family-history/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined") really didn’t want people to ask her about the Golden Snitch, she wouldn’t [wear shoes](http://hellogiggles.com/reviews-coverage/j-k-rowling-wore-friggin-golden-snitch-shoes-world-now-better-place/ "undefined") emblazoned with the magical sporting equipment. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4935766/jk-rowling-on-fan-question/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4935766/jk-rowling-on-fan-question/"},"headline":"This Is the One Question You Should Never Ask J.K. Rowling About Harry Potter","datePublished":"2017-09-11T14:35:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:07.380Z","description":"She tweeted the one question she really hates being asked by fans of her books","url":"https://time.com/4935766/jk-rowling-on-fan-question/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Books","Harry Potter","JK Rowling"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1bace8f7c57994da/6988d63a86f68e6ed76e59ec/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone-quidditch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1bace8f7c57994da/6988d63a86f68e6ed76e59ec/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone-quidditch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Harry-Potter-and-the-Sorcerers-Stone-Quidditch","caption":"Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone","creditText":"7831/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4935766/jk-rowling-on-fan-question/","name":"This Is the One Question You Should Never Ask J.K. Rowling About Harry Potter"}}]}] ```