'Harry Potter' Author J.K. Rowling Testifies: Paparazzi Invaded Her Children's Privacy

While "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling can conjure up protective spells and cloaks of invisibility for her characters, there are no such magical tricks that keep the UK paparazzi from hounding her and her children, she testified at a recent inquiry into media ethics at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

Rowling met with the group to speak out not for herself, according to BBC News, but for her family.

"Like a lot of people who have agreed to give evidence at this inquiry, we are not asking for special treatment. We are simply asking for normal treatment... and I am simply asking for that on behalf of my children," said Rowling.

Rowling, who also said she eventually moved from her home due to media harassment, went on to detail one disturbing incident where an overzealous journalist tried to contact her by slipping a letter into her five-year-old child's school bag.

"I felt such a sense of invasion that my daughter's bag.. it's very difficult to say how angry I felt that my five-year-old daughter's school was no longer a place of complete security from journalists," she said.

The purpose of the hearings has been to draw some sharp lines about the ethical lines of journalism after the recent News of the World telephone hacking scandal.

Also testifying at the hearings were Siena Miller, a victim of the phone hacking scandal, and Max Mosley, a racing exec who had private details of his sex life (with an alleged Nazi theme) leaked to the press to devastating effect.

Rowling's testimony, though, focused on one area of media ethics that virtually every journalist and reader could agree upon.

"A child, no matter who their parents are, deserves privacy. Where children are concerned the issue is fairly black and white," said the author.