'Harry Potter' fan finds old letter they wrote J.K. Rowling as a kid, finally gets reply on Twitter

Never. Too. Late.
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It's never too late to send a letter to J.K. Rowling -- even if it's something you happened to write when you were a kid.

If you're anything like the lucky fan below, you might just get an answer.

On Sunday, a Harry Potter fan from Sri Lanka tweeted a photo to Rowling. It showed a letter they said they'd written when they were 11 years old, after finishing Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for the first time.

Turns out sending it now proved to be a very good idea, because Rowling's response came through less than 30 minutes later.

Every now and then, Twitter can be a magical place.

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Sam Haysom is the General Assignment Editor, UK, for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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