What Jo says about...
Other Professors at Hogwarts

Please note: unless you see quotemarks, these are summaries, and not JKR's words themselves. Please see the linked article for the actual text.

• One of Harry’s classmates ends up teaching at Hogwarts, and it is not Ron. [Read the exact quote from WBUR interview, 1999]
• Hogwarts teachers do not stay at Hogwarts over the holidays. Only Filch stays. [Read the exact quote from the South West News Service interview, 2000]
• Professor Flitwick is the Head of Ravenclaw House [Read the exact quote from the Yahooligans! chat, 2001]
• A few of the Hogwarts professors have spouses, but the information is restricted – we’ll find out why! [Read the exact quote from the BBC Red Nose Day chat, 2001]
• Gilderoy Lockhart was based on someone from her past that she endured for two years. This person was a shocking liar and far worse than Lockhart. [Read the exact quote from Edinburgh Book Festival, 2004]
• Gilderoy Lockhart is NOT based upon JKR's first husband. [Read the exact quote from Jo's website]
• If a teacher is head of a Hogwarts house, we can assume they were in that house. [Read the exact quote from Jo's website]
• JKR envisions Flitwick as "a very small old man;" she was surprised that he looked so goblin-ish in the movies. He does have a "a dash of goblin ancestry." [Read the exact quote from Jo's website]
• Umbridge is still at the Ministry; we will see more of her because JK wants to "torture" her a bit more. [Read the whole quote from the Leaky Cauldron, 2005]
• Umbridge is "alive and well and working at the Ministry." She did not get arrested because her Ministry contacts are so good. "She is one of those people, and they do exist in real life, who will always side with the established order." "She likes power." [Read the whole quote from ITV, 2005]
• At one point there was a blind character named Mopsus who had the power of second sight, but his divination skills were a little too good so he was cut. He had some similarities with Mad-Eye Moody. [Read the whole quote from ITV, 2005]
• Madam Pince was made so nasty because if there had been a nice, friendly librarian half of Jo's plots would have been gone. Jo wanted Hermione to have to go and find the answers herself. [Read the whole quote from RCMH2, 200
• See also: Dumbledore | Hagrid | McGonagall | Snape | Lupin | Ghosts