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J.K. Rowling has the perfect response to Trump trolls burning her books

"Actually, we're thinking of selling them in pairs in future..."

Sam Haysom

on February 2, 2017

J.K. Rowling has the perfect response to Trump trolls burning her books

J.K. Rowling's troll-bashing spree keeps on running. Credit: Jonathan Hordle/REX/Shutterstock/twitter/@jk_rowling/mashable composite

LONDON -- J.K. Rowling has had a very busy week on Twitter, even by her standards.

It kicked off on Monday with a tweet about Mike Pence, then progressed to her shutting down Trump trolls again and again with a series of well-crafted, 140-character barbs.

The tweets have generated media coverage, thousands of readers, and -- unsurprisingly -- have attracted a whole host of new trolls that seem drawn to Rowling like angry moths to a flame.

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The latest trend involves people telling her that they're going to burn her books.

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Despite what must be a near-constant onslaught of angry tweets, Rowling's fans have helped her to stay upbeat.

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And as the "just burned all my Harry Potter books" tweets keep rolling in, Rowling keeps doing what she does best: calmly replying with well-worded shutdowns.