J.K. Rowling Drops Some Hints About Harry's Future

Posted on August 16, 2004

The Guardian reports that J.K. Rowling dropped a few hints about Harry Potter's future at a book reading Sunday at the Edinburgh book festival. Rowling confirmed that Harry will live through Book 7, but wouldn't say whether he would ever become a grown-up wizard. She teased young fans a bit, but dropped some hints by indicating that there are two vital questions she had never been asked about the series which might help to unravel its mysteries.

She said fans should be asking themselves, "not 'why did Harry live' but 'why didn't Voldemort die?'" The second question, she added cryptically, is: "Why didn't Dumbledore kill, or try to kill, Voldemort?" The plot thickens....