JK Rowling accidentally tagged the wrong Robert Galbraith and now everyone’s asking him Harry Potter questions

Today should have been all about Robert Galbraith and the latest Cormoran Strike novel, Career of Evil, for JK Rowling, but a simple Twitter mishap has sent her right back down the Harry Potter route.

Or rather, sent Robert Galbraith down it instead.

I'll be talking about my new novel #CareerOfEvil on NPR's new Book Club on 2nd Nov @NPRpchh. It is also @RobertGalbraith's new novel.

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) October 8, 2015

But the wrong Robert Galbraith. A Brazillian Robert Galbraith. Who probably has no clue why his mentions are suddenly exploding.

Rowling was tweeting about the next novel from her pseudonym Galbraith when she accidentally tagged the unwitting Brazillian Twitter user. And as soon as she realised her mistake, she was quick to rectify it and warn off her fervent followers.

Apologies @RobertGalbraith, whom I tagged instead of @RGalbraith! Please stop asking him when Sirius Black's birthday is. He doesn't know.

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) October 8, 2015

Except the plan backfired, and they started firing Harry Potter questions back at both Rowling and the unwitting tweeter.

@jk_rowling @Robertgalbraith @RGalbraith Does he happen to know when Dumbledore's Birthday is ? That's very important for @Daemon1881 and I.

— Wonder Saucisse. (@AnneAnneAss) October 8, 2015

@jk_rowling @Robertgalbraith @RGalbraith Does he know if Lavender lived or died though?

— Mat Williams (@Welshy_Who) October 8, 2015

@jk_rowling Okay but when is Sirius Black's birthday? More importantly, where is Sirius Black's backstory on Pottermore? @RGalbraith

— ZENIA D'CUNHA (@ZENIADCUNHA) October 8, 2015

Giving them both a grilling about more obscure characters…

@jk_rowling @Robertgalbraith @RGalbraith okay when is Antonin Dolohov's B-Day?

— Floor Janssen (@janssensnuf) October 8, 2015

And they’re even asking DEEP questions about her characters’ identities…

@jk_rowling @Robertgalbraith @RGalbraith who is sirius black?

— brendan farrell (@bren123b) October 8, 2015

Who IS Sirius Black though? Really? Y’know, like deep down inside?

God help Galbraith if he ever logs into his Twitter account again. We can’t imagine he’d be expecting that many mentions, even after two years outside the Twittersphere…

@jk_rowling @Robertgalbraith @RGalbraith But it's always fun talking about Sirius, isn't it? BRAZILIANS SHOULDN'T MIND A BIT OF FUN!!!

— Sheyla Montoni (@SheylaMontoni) October 8, 2015

I say Rob, any chance you can tell us whether The Cursed Child is a prequel or not while you’re at it?