Rita Skeeter

About Rita Skeeter

Rita Skeeter (b. 1951) was a British witch and journalist who specialised in writing poison-pen stories. These stories tended to be based on false information and misreported interviews. She wrote articles as a Gossip Correspondent for the Daily Prophet, as well as a few 'tell-all' biographies. She occasionally worked as a Quidditch commentator for World Cup games. Skeeter preferred writing for the sake of publicity and wrote what she thought people would "like to read" and what was lies rather than what they...