JK Rowling answers three very important Harry Potter questions

The bestselling author took to Twitter to respond to fans' pressing queries. Photo / Supplied

JK Rowling has finally answered three very important questions that have been bugging the most devoted of Harry Potter fans for years.

The author took to Twitter to clear up a few pressing queries from fans earlier today, solving problems of Horcruxes, 12 Grimmauld Place's bizarre location and the mystery of what on earth happened to three-headed dog Fluffy?

Oh and she put those wondering about her taste in tea's minds at rest too.

How come when Harry gets bitten by the Basilisk in Chamber of Secrets it doesn't destroy the Horcrux in him?

.@llamaofthelab The Horcrux-receptacle has to be destroyed BEYOND REPAIR, so Harry would need to have DIED. #pleaseneveraskmethatoneagain

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) February 6, 2015

Where did Hagrid's beloved Fluffy get to?

.@EmyBemy2 He was repatriated to Greece. Dumbledore liked to put Hagrid's more foolish acquisitions back where they belong - not the forest.

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) February 6, 2015

Why is the Black family's ancestral home in a Muggle neighbourhood?

.@CharlsEC A Black ancestor coveted the beautiful house, so 'persuaded' the Muggle occupant to leave & put the appropriate spells on it.

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) February 6, 2015

Then it was back to work as her alter ego Robert Galbraith on the next instalment in her bestselling crime series.

The TV adaptation of Rowling's novel The Casual Vacancy is set to air soon on BBC1. The storyline follows the conflict within a picturesque English village and stars Michael Gambon, Keeley Hawes, Rory Kinnear and Monica Dolan.

Elsewhere, Rowling is busy working on a series adaptation of The Cuckoo's Calling, also for BBC1, and is co-writing the script for Harry Potter spin-off movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

- Independent