[HPforGrownups] Harry living past book 7

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No: HPFGUIDX 56575

At 01:43 30-04-03 +0000, jlg881 wrote:
>I was re-reading SS today and I came across the following passage:
>
>Chapter Sixteen  Through the Trapdoor  Pg 262  US Edition
>"In years to come,
[...]
>Now I know that JKR has answered questions about Harry's life after
>school with the "How do you know he lives" bit.  But with this
>passage did she let us know that yes he does live or is she just
>talking about the years between leading up to his 7th year?
>
>It made me think and I was wondering what you thought.

I don't doubt that Harry will survive book 7, but I don't
think this quotation proves it. As you say yourself, Rowling
may be speaking of just the 6 next 'years to come'.

However, Rowling did in the NPC Author Luncheon speak of
the possibility of writing more than seven books, and she
said that "Um, the only reason you'll ever see an eighth
Harry Potter book is if I really, in ten years time, burn
to do another one ..." which sort of implies that Harry
would be around for an eighth book should she choose to
write it.

(The interview transcript will be made available online
as soon as the proofreading has finished.)

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