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Rowling's Scottish mansion sold for $3.6M

British author JK Rowling attends the "Raisa Gorbachev Foundation Party" at Hampton Court Palace in London on June 6, 2009. (UPI Photo/Rune Hellestad)

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Published: Nov. 26, 2012 at 4:15 PM

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Author J.K. Rowling has sold her 19th century mansion in Edinburgh, Scotland, for more than $3.6 million, The Scotsman reported Monday.

The eight-bedroom house where the scribe penned at least four of her seven "Harry Potter" novels was sold three weeks after it was listed to a Scotland firm.

Rowling purchased the top half of the house in 1999, then later bought out her downstairs neighbor and converted the whole home into a single luxury residence. She lived there with her husband, Dr. Neil Murray, and her three children until 2009, the newspaper said.

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