Author's dog rescue was magic

Oct 10 2007

The owner of a dog rescue centre revealed she was left spellbound when she realised a mystery woman offering to rehome one of her animals was world-renowned author JK Rowling.

Celia Fernie had no idea the woman who arrived with her family to look at her greyhounds was the multi-millionaire Harry Potter creator.

She only twigged when the writer asked to adopt a four-year-old dog named Sapphire - and handed over a signed £1,000 cheque. Mrs Fernie, 61, said: "I apologised and said 'Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realise who you were'."