J.K. Rowling Photo by: Mark Stewart / Camera Press / Retna
J.K. Rowling will face a Manhattan judge Monday in a bid to squash the publication of Harry Potter Lexicon, an unauthorized encyclopedia devoted to the fantasy world she created.
The British-born author, 42, filed suit earlier this year, claiming that the book – by fan site author Steven Vander Ark and published by RDR Books in Muskegon, Mich. – is "nothing more than a rearrangement of her own material."
Now, Rowling has made her own comparisons between her novels and the projected book, and is reportedly ready to testify about dozens of similarities. She "feels like her words were stolen," one of her lawyers, Dan Shallman, told the court Friday.
The case is scheduled to last most of this week in the New York U.S. District Court, where Judge Robert P. Patterson will conduct the trial without a jury. A security guard will watch over Rowling in court, and she can spend breaks in the seclusion of a jury room – away from the gaze of any hardcore Potter fans
J.K. Rowling To Testify in Harry Potter Suit - Crime & Courts, : People.com
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