After hearing about the attack on Sir Salman in New York State, Rowling tweeted: “I feel so sick right now. May he be well.” Someone replied: “Don’t worry you’re next.” The Harry Potter author appealed to the authorities on Twitter, asking: “Any chance of some support?” In a later update, he added: “To everyone sending messages of support: thank you. The police are involved (already involved in other threats).” Rowling, who has voiced her support for women-only spaces, has been accused of transphobia, which she denies. Her speech was publicized by campaigners after she “talked about women’s rights based on sex”, she revealed last November. At the same time, he said he had “received so many death threats that I could map the house with them.” Warner Bros recently defended the author, hitting back at a decision to ban Sky News from asking questions about her at a Warner Studios Tour event.
