Harry Potter author JK Rowling was reduced to tears after receiving a message from a fan on Twitter.
Fan of the books Emma Harris shared the heartbreaking impact the authors novel had on her childhood experience.
Emma sadly lost her sister at the young age of five and was so distraught she says that she didn't speak again until she was seven years old.
And in her tweet, Emma revealed that when she was finally able to say something it was the first line from the Philosophers Stone- the first book in the Harry Potter series.
When author Rowling noticed Emma's tweet she said she immediately burst into tears.
She wrote: "Nothing like logging into Twitter and immediately bursting into tears. Emma, I'm so very sorry to hear about your sister and so pleased to know Harry helped."
The encounter has had thousands of reactions from other fans who have praised the now controversial Scottish writer.
The message she received said: "I lost my little sister when I was 5 years old, out of grief I stopped talking for 2 years. Thanks to you, I spoke. 'Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.'"
Ms Harris later clarified her message by saying: "It is the first line of the philosopher's stone book. This is the first words, I spoke after 2 years. Hope that helps."
JK Rowling has been at the centre of a Trans debate that has seen some fans abandon her for siding with gender-critical feminists.
In 2020 Rowling sparked widespread condemnation and accusations of transphobia after she retweeted an opinion piece that discussed “people who menstruate."
"‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?” she wrote.
Since then the actors who starred in her movies, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, have come out with strong public statements in favour of the trans community.
However, Jason Isaacs who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter series, has thrown his support behind the author saying "she has poured an enormous amount of her fortune into making the world a much better place".
He added that he admired Rowling's charity work above all else.
He added that Rowling's charity work is "unequivocally good" and he would not "jump to stab her in the back".
The author had contacted police in Scotland in November after a tweet showed her Edinburgh house and revealed the address. The image showed activists standing outside the property with placards carrying slogans such as “trans liberation now”.
However, Police Scotland said that no criminality had been established following inquiries.
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