Harry Potter: New Short Story Online About Mudblood Shirley Bassey Style Singer Celestina Warbeck Hits Pottermore

On the lovely living world of Pottermore, J.K. Rowling has delighted friend and foe alike with a new bit of Harry Potter lore, this time regarding singer Celestina Warbeck.

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Hardcore fans will not be taken aback by this name, as she has always been part of the Potterverse since the very beginnings. Writes Rowling on Pottermore:

"Celestina Warbeck is one of my favourite 'off-stage' characters in the Harry Potter series, and has been part of the Potter world ever since its inception, making an early appearance in the short-lived 'Daily Prophet' series I produced for members of the equally short-lived fan club run by my British publisher, Bloomsbury. Although we never lay eyes on Celestina during the whole seven volumes of the Potter books, I always imagined her to resemble Shirley Bassey in both looks and style. I stole her first name from a friend with whom I worked, years ago, at Amnesty International's Headquarters in London; 'Celestina' was simply begging to be scooped up and attached to a glamorous witch."

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Celestina Warbeck, daughter to a Wizard father and failed actress Muggle mother, was a singing prodigy from a young age and went on to gather great acclaim in a variety of magical and non-magical fields as well as charity - though to say more would be spoiling.

Sign up at Pottermore and go to Book 2, Chapter 4, Moment 1 and click all there is to click to unlock Rowling's short character bio of Warbeck and listen to the smooth Bassey style track "You Stole My Cauldron But You Can't Have My Heart", as performed daily at Harry Potter's Wizarding World in Orlando, Florida.