J.K. Rowling Faces Life Without Harry

Posted on July 26, 2007

J.K. Rowling talked to USA Today about life without Harry Potter. She says she believes the manuscripts will remain popular. She also knows she is unlikely to repeat her extraordinary Potter success.

Rowling says, "Of course I won't write anything as popular as this again. But I have truthfully known that since 1999, when the thing began to become a little bit insane. So I've had a good long time to know that, and I accept it."

She also expressed anger at the spoiler leaks. She says she was primarily concerned her younger fans would get spoiled before getting to read the book. She said, "I felt angry. I knew it was about other people's egos."

She also says, "The (leak of the) epilogue upset me most. I had been working toward that point for a long time. I did have a sense-of-humor failure when the epilogue went up."

You can see the spoiler-filled portion of the interview in which Jo talks about why she made the decision about whether Harry lived or died here.