Quidditch Through the Ages Quidditch Through the Ages Quidditch Through the Ages is a 2001 book written by British author J. K. Rowling using the pseudonym of Kennilworthy Whisp about Quidditch in the "Harry Potter" universe. It purports to be the Hogwarts library's copy of the non-fiction book of the same name mentioned in several novels of the "Harry Potter" series. The book benefits the charity Comic Relief. Over 80% of the cover price of each book sold goes directly to poor children in various places around the world. According to Comic Relief, sales from this book and its companion "Fantastic Beasts and Where
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality of "HPMOR" spontaneously burped itself into existence inside my mind, so it came out as a Harry Potter story. ... there's a large number of potential readers who would enter at least moderately familiar with the Harry Potter universe." He states that his work on rationality "informs every shade of how the characters think, both those who are allegedly rational and otherwise". He also used it to assist the launch of the Center for Applied Rationality, which teaches courses based on his work. Unlike J. K. Rowling's original books, in which the orphaned Harry Potter is raised by the abusive