When will J.K. Rowling Finish Harry Potter Book 7?
Neither Rowling or her publisher has made any statements about a projected date of publication. In a September 13, 2006 entry on her Web site, Rowling mentions taking her manuscript with her on her August trip to New York. She reports that because of security issues, she was almost not allowed to carry her manuscript on board the plane on her return trip to England, but permission was finally granted. She goes on to say that she is now trying to decide between two possible titles for Harry Potter Seven and states, "They would both be appropriate, so I think I'll have to wait until I'm further into the book to decide which one works best." That certainly sounds like she has a long way to go before the manuscript is finished.Who Will Die in Harry Potter Book 7?
Some of the biggest questions Harry Potter fans have about Harry Potter Book 7 revolve around death. Fans want to know, "Will any characters we care about die?" "Will Harry Potter live or die?" We now have some, but not all, of the answers. According to news reports, in a June 26 television interview on the Richard and Judy show in the UK, Rowling mentioned that she had written the last chapter of Book 7 in 1990 but had done some rewriting since then. The Telegraph reported that during the interview, Rowling stated,- "One character got a reprieve but I have to say two die that I did not intend to die." When asked if the dead characters were "much-loved ones", she replied: "A price has to be paid. We are dealing with pure evil here. They don't target extras, do they? They go for the main characters. . . well, I do."
Dateline: 2005
In celebration of the publication of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Joanne Kathleen Rowling granted several interviews in July 2005. While the focus of the interviews was on Harry Potter 6, the subject of Harry Potter Book 7 came up, and some of J.K. Rowling’s answers did shed light on her main character and what we might expect in the final Harry Potter book.
When Can We Expect Harry Potter Book 7 to Be Published?
Although she said she’d started Harry Potter 7, J.K. Rowling stated that because of wanting to devote time to her baby,- "Realistically, I don't think I'm going to be able to do real work on it until next year. I see next year as the time that I’m really going to write seven. But I've started and I am doing little bits and pieces here and there when I can." (July 16, 2005 MuggleNet / The Leaky Cauldron joint interview with Joanne Kathleen Rowling).
How Many Pages Will Harry Potter Book 7 Be?
- "I do not yet know really how long the seventh book will be, although I have a plan, I have not yet plotted it out chapter by chapter, so I cannot really tell you. I do not think it will be as long as Order of the Phoenix, but I am going to reserve the right to make it as long as that if I want to." (BBC report on J.K. Rowling’s July 17, 2005 Press Conference)
How Much of A Role Are the Founders Going to Play in Harry Potter Book 7?
"Some, as you probably have guessed from the end of six." (MuggleNet / The Leaky Cauldron joint interview with Joanne Kathleen Rowling)Will Harry Potter Die in Harry Potter Book 7?
"Am I going to finish Harry off? I cannot possibly tell you that, I'm sorry." (J.K. Rowling’s July 17, 2005 Press Conference)What Does J.K. Rowling Think of Harry Potter?
In response to the question "Do you feel Harry Potter is a good role model for a generation?" Rowling stated,- "I see Harry as someone who is struggling to do the right thing, who is not without faults, who acts impetuously as you would expect someone of his age to act, but who is ultimately a very loyal person, and a very very courageous person. So, in as much as he has qualities that I admire most I would say he is a good role model. That doesn't mean that he is saintly, but then frankly, who is? But I think you do see enough of Harry's inner life, the workings of his mind in the books to know that he is ultimately human, struggling to do the right thing, which I think is admirable."
(Transcript of the Harry Potter Children’s Press Conference Weekend , July 17, 2005)
What Will Harry Potter Book 7 Be Like?
"'It will be a very different kind of book,' she says, 'because I kind of cue up the shot at the end of six, and you're left with a very clear idea of what Harry's going to do next.'" ( Time Magazine, posted July 17, 2005)Will we learn what happens to the characters after Hogwarts in Harry Potter Book 7?
- "There is already a chapter written in which you find out about the survivors post Hogwarts fates, so, I will have to re¬write it when I get there, because that was written years ago and it wasn't really written on the assumption that I would use it as it is written in the hooks, it is really an act of faith, it was me saying to myself 'I will get here and this information is the end point and that is where I'm trying to get to. So yes, there will be.'"
(J.K. Rowling’s July 17, 2005 Press Conference)
