J.K. Rowling: July 2007 Archives

On July 21, at 12:01 AM, many Harry Potter fans embarked on a speed-reading marathon to finish ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,’ but less than a week after its release, there are still fans who haven’t finished the book and are not ready to talk about what happens to Harry and his friends. One teen found a creative way to keep spoilers at bay—buttons that say either "I'm not finished, no spoilers please!" or "I'm finished, let's discuss."

Just days after the successful release of DG, J.K. Rowling tells the TODAY show that once she finished the last book, she cried and was devastated about ending her 17-year relationship with Harry and his world. “And that was just hard to deal with for about a week, “she said. She added that she was not fun to be around during those few days. More of the interview can be seen on TODAY, Thursday and Friday.

In the past, J.K. Rowling has said that ‘scar’ is the last word at the end of ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,’ the last installment and Book 7 of the boy-wizard series. But Rowling revealed during a recent interview that at the ‘eleventh hour’ she changed the last word and it’s no longer ‘scar.’