Who is she talking about?

greenfirespike feenyjam at msu.edu
Thu Jan 12 19:19:16 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 146320

In a recent interview, JK said:

Death is the key to understanding JK Rowling. Her greatest fear - and 
she is completely unhesitant about this - is of someone she loves 
dying. "My books are largely about death. They open with the death of 
Harry's parents. There is Voldemort's obsession with conquering death 
and his quest for immortality at any price, the goal of anyone with 
magic. I so understand why Voldemort wants to conquer death. We're 
all frightened of it." In the seventh and final Harry Potter book 
there will be deaths of both goodies and baddies. She was talking to 
her husband, Neil, the other day, after she had just written the 
death of one particular character. "He shuddered. 'Oh, don't do 
that,' he said to me, but of course I did." And with one swirl of her 
pen, millions of children will weep or rejoice. Countless Harry 
Potter websites try to predict what will happen in the final 
book. "Neil is the only person I can talk to about what happens 
because he instantly forgets," she says, laughing.

Do we have a guess who this is?  My guess is a 'goodie', and that 
would be Neville.









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