Harry Dying -- Predictions for OoP -- Percy

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Michelle Apostolides" 
<michelleapostolides at l...> wrote:
> >
> > Also -- this is a new way of handling that subject. In early
> > interviews, it was always "Will you ever do an eighth book?" And
> > she'd answer something to the effect of - "Well, right now I 
really
> > don't think so, but if I ever had the urge far in the future, and
> > this is unlikely, but if I ever felt the need to, maybe." She also
> > once answered "I think we should stop before we get to Harry 
Potter
> > and the Midlife Crisis." If she's had the whole thing planned from
> > the beginning, there would be no room for possible HP books after 
#7
> > if he died -- unless he fathers a child before his death and COME 
ON,
> > do you really think that's going to happen?
> 
> I've not heard about this. Do you know where or when this was said ?
> Usually, if any of us are quoting what JKR has said in interviews or
> webchats, we say where we heard it from because it helps us separate
> rumour from fact.

>From a 2000 Scholastic chat:
Do you think that you will write about Harry after he graduates from 
Hogwarts? Isn't there a University of Wizardry?
JKR: No, there's no University for Wizards. At the moment I'm only 
planning to write seven Harry Potter books. I won't say "never," but 
I have no plans to write an eighth book. 

>From a late 2000 BN chat:
Ms. Rowling, are you aware that more adults read the books than 
children? If so, might there not be a place for a series on an adult 
Harry Potter following the seventh book?
JKR: I'm not sure whether it's true that more adults read the books 
than children. But in any case, I think I should stop before we get 
to Harry Potter and the Mid-Life Crisis! 

--
Now she's been doing the "I notice you're very confident he's not 
going to die!" thing. It just makes me wonder. The "I won't 
say 'never'" REALLY makes me wonder.

M.