Fans Beg J.K. Rowling to Write More About Harry Potter

Posted on July 9, 2007

Fans are so unhappy at the thought of losing Harry Potter that they are begging J.K. Rowling to write more stories about the boy wizard and his friends. So far, thousands of fans have signed the petition asking Rowling to write more novels about Harry.

The "Save Harry!" petition calls on Rowling to reverse her decision to end the bestselling series with the seventh and final instalment, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".
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But in a television interview, she left fans with the tantalising, if remote, possibility that she may one day return to the magical world of Hogwarts. "I think that Harry's story comes to quite a clear end in book seven," she told the BBC at the weekend. "But I have always said that I wouldn't say never.
"I can't say I will never write another book about that world, just because I think: 'What do I know, in 10 years' time I might want to return to it'. But I think it is unlikely." Even if she does write another book, it is unclear whether some of the main characters, including Harry, would play a part. Rowling said some characters will die in the last book, but wouldn't say if the boy wizard is among them: "It's not a bloodbath, but it's more than two," she said.

Bookstore Waterstone's -- who is the driving force behind the petition -- reminded people that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock Holmes, but was forced to bring him back when fans went crazy over the death.