Time Period in Book 7

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 2193

Hi

eggplant88 at hotmail.com wrote:

> Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer >
>
> >She's said the series will end with Harry's final year at Hogwarts.
>
> I don't think she's even said that.

Oh?  You might want to read the following interviews:

1.  JKR AOL Chat -- 4 May 2000 -- (Link on the Unofficial Harry Potter
Fan Club page)
    Q: "How many HP books do you envision writing before the series
ends, and how will he and his friends get?"
    A: "There will be seven books.  One for each of his years at
Hogwarts and he'll turn 17 at the start of book 7."

Straight from the horse's mouth . . . .

2.  "Harry and Me," The Times -- 30 June 2000.  Exclusive interview with
Ann Treneman.
        "She came up with the idea for Harry Potter on a delayed train
and knew from the beginning there would be seven books -- one for every
year he is at boarding school . . . . "

        The narration in this one is interspersed with direct quotes
from JKR -- I would imagine the above is just a paraphrase of what JKR
said (keeping some things in text rather than just a string of quotes to
make it more readable).

3.  Transcript of her interview on "60 Minutes" -- 12 Sept 1999.
        Stahl says in voiceover: "Long before she was published, Rowling
had 7 HP books meticulously plotted out on grids; one for each year
Harry spends at wizard school . . . . "

By contrast, I've never seen any references to Book 7 extending beyond
the end of his final year at Hogwarts (and certainly not to his 19th
birthday).

Penny


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