J.K. Rowling Reveals Harry's Life Before the Epilogue

Posted on August 6, 2007

Warning: Major Harry Potter Spoilers Ahead!

Jo Rowling has finally explained what happened between the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and the Epilogue of the book, which left some fans wanting to know more about what happened to the characters in the intervening years.

In the years since Voldemort's defeat, Harry and Ron have revolutionized the Auror Department at the Ministry of magic and Hermione is "pretty high up" in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. By the time of the epilogue when Harry is married to Ginny and has three children, he has risen to head of the Auror Department, but still finds time to go back to Hogwarts to give the odd lecture on Defense against the Dark Arts.
"Harry, Ron and Herimone don't join the same Ministry of Magic they had been at odds with for years; they revolutionize it and the ministry evolves into a "really good place to be. They made a new world."
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Luna Lovegood, the eccentric Ravenclaw who was fascinated with Crumple-Horned Snorkacks and Umgubular Slashkilters, continues to march to the beat of her own drum. "I think that Luna is now traveling the world looking for various mad creatures," Rowling said. "She's a naturalist, whatever the wizarding equivalent of that is." Luna does recognize the truth about her father, eventually acknowledging there are some creatures that don't exist. "But I do think that she's so open-minded and just an incredible person that she probably would be uncovering things that no one's ever seen before," Rowling said.

Jo also took the time to explain some of the finer point of the book to Meredith Vieira, for those who found some things confusing. You can find her explanation here.