Nephila Copperidge

Nephila Demeter Copperidge (born March 3, 1984) is an American witch, author, and current First Witch of Cambridge. Born to magical parents, she moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 11 to study magic at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she excelled. After seven years at Hogwarts, she returned to the United States and pursued a career and an auror. When she failed to meet the necessary requirements, she took a job teaching witchcraft at the Academy of Magical Arts for Girls at Cambridge, Massachusetts. During her time in Cambridge, she has become a symbol of excellence in the practice of magic and has authored several books on the subject. Her method of focusing, termed the Copperidge Method, has seen acceptance in wizarding schools around the world.

Her views on muggles has attracted controversy within the wizarding world. In 2016, she was quoted as saying "Why deny facts? Wizards and Witches have the ability to manipulate matter, something muggles cannot do. I just, I just don't understand why we pretend they aren't our inferiors". Some of her comments have also been interpreted as showing admiration for the dark wizard Tom Riddle which she rejects.