JK Rowling Wins Battle With Airport Security

According to Femalefirst, Rowling had to convince security personnel to allow her to pass the carry-on baggage limits.  The author was traveling with her hand-written manuscript of the next Harry Potter book.

Rowling, 41, wrote on her official website,
"I refused to be parted from the manuscript of book seven. A large part of it is handwritten and there was no copy of anything I had done while in the US. They let me take it on thankfully, bound up in elastic bands."

The writer was given permission to bring her work on the plane with her, although the recent terrorist arrests in London have elevated airport security even further.

JK Rowling was in New York to participate in a charity event along with other authors, Stephen King and John Irving.