What's Harry up to now?

by ricknight | July 30, 2007 at 06:50 pm | 864 views | add comment | 0 recommendations

Updated 07/31/2007 -

Rowling tells fans what happened to characters after final Potter instalment

Just because J.K. Rowling has stopped writing about Harry Potter and his friends and foes doesn't mean she has stopped thinking about them.

She told fans Monday what she thinks happened to many of the book's characters after the final instalment.

In a 90-minute live web chat, she fielded some of the approximately 120,000 questions submitted by devotees. It was her first public comment since "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" - the last book in the series - debuted on July 21.

Danger there be spoilers here... So if you're like me and you're still waiting to get the copy away from the kids so you can read it, you might not want to read the source article... On the other hand, if you want to "know what they're doing now", press on..

July 31st 2007

One of the things Harry and the gang are doing today is celebrating the birth of their creator. Happy Birthday JK!

It's the birthday of the creator of Harry Potter, J. K. (Joanne Kathleen) Rowling (books by this author), born on the outskirts of Bristol, England (1966). Just 10 days ago, the last of the seven Harry Potter books came out, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007). The previous six novels in the series have sold an estimated 325 million copies in 65 languages.

Her last few books have set records for the biggest first printings in history, and they've also been some of the fastest-selling novels of all time. At the end of last month, before it had even been published, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows had already sold more than 1 million copies in pre-orders alone. There have also been five movies made of those books so far, and there are plans to build a Harry Potter theme park. Rowling doesn't discuss her income publicly, but she is believed to be the first novelist ever to become a billionaire as a result of her writing.