June 18, 2003

Rowling Reduced to Tears

JK Rowling has revealed that she cried as she killed off a key character in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

It has been widely reported that Rowling's husband, Neil Murray, came home to find her in tears as she wrote the scene.

"I had re-written the death, re-written it and that was it. And the person was definitely dead," she told Newsnight.

Rowling said her husband, who does not know the identity of the character, suggested she should not kill the character off, if it made her so upset.

She responded by telling Murray "it doesn't work like that", and that, when writing children's books, "you need to be a ruthless killer".

(Source: Agence France-Presse and news.com.au).

Most interesting to me is the fact that she referred to the dead "person". Does this rule out characters such as Hagrid (half giant) and Lupin (werewolf)?

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Posted by akula at June 18, 2003 05:03 AM
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[quote]She responded by telling Murray "it doesn't work like that", and that, when writing children's books, "you need to be a ruthless killer".[/quote]

You need to be a RUTHLESS KILLER while writing CHILDREN'S BOOKS???? WHat new theory is THAT? :p Anyways, since when did JKR stsrt referring to the HP series as childrens books, anyways?


So WHO WHO WHO is it??????

[quote]It is 1 days until the release of Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix![/quote]

YAYAYAYAYAY!!! :D

Posted by: Wigtownwanderer at June 19, 2003 08:23 AM

I read the book...she is a ruthless killer for killing him/her off...my favorite character..i cried for hours!!!

Posted by: Celeste at June 22, 2003 12:43 AM

I just finished. God, that was so sad!!! **cries**...that was a really dark book...T_T

Posted by: Dorsai at June 22, 2003 02:42 AM

^ I agree. That person was my favorite too. I'm so sad over this. :(

Posted by: Chrissie at June 24, 2003 02:46 AM

Nooo! *sob* I can not believe she did that! he/she was the best character in the whole series. My faveourite character.. I cried while reading.

Posted by: Luinecu at June 24, 2003 10:34 PM

but...he can't be dead! noooo! my brother finished the book before i did, and when he mentioned the death (not saying who) i immediately said "please tell me that she didn't kill(---the person who she DID kill off) off!!" needless to say, i cried when she did kill off my favorite character.

Posted by: Char at June 25, 2003 07:00 AM

Why couldnt she kill snape or malfoy did it have to be him/her but harry might stiil meet up with him because we dont know. Also rowling said that we would never see his parents {ALIVE}HINT HINT!!!

Posted by: wes at July 2, 2003 07:18 PM