Which J.K. Rowling character is the author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them?

Newt Scamander is the fictional author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world.

The textbook is presented as a Hogwarts schoolbook written by Newt Scamander, whose full name is Newton Artemis Fido Scamander. The book was first published in 2001 as a charity companion to the Harry Potter series, with proceeds supporting Comic Relief.

Rowling later developed Newt into the central character of the Fantastic Beasts film series. In those films, he is a magizoologist who travels with a case containing magical creatures. Eddie Redmayne portrays him in the main film series.

Newt is not the author’s pseudonym. Robert Galbraith is the name Rowling used for her crime novels, while Newt is a fictional wizarding character and in-universe writer.