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TEARS FOR HARRY: Will J K Rowling Bring Back Harry Potter? |
"I was in a hotel room on my own, I was sobbing my heart out, I downed half a bottle of champagne from the mini-bar in one and went home with mascara all over my face," J K Rowling, said in a BBC interview.
Now that HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS has been released, the world's attention turns to three things: the new book, the new movie -- and the Online petition to SAVE HARRY!
The books about the young wizard's adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry have sold more than 300 million copies, earning Rowling a 545 million-pound ($1.01 billion) fortune, according to the U.K.'s Sunday Times newspaper. That makes her the 13th richest woman in Britain, eight places ahead of Queen Elizabeth II.
The first book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," called "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the U.S., was published in 1997.
The books have been translated into 63 languages, including Farsi and Chinese, Rowling's agent, the London-based Christopher Little Literary Agency, said in October 2005. The final novel is widely tipped to be the fastest-selling book of all time. The books are published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc in the U.K. and Scholastic Corp. in the U.S.
Rowling, who studied French at Exeter University in southwest England, said she was inspired to write the first book after the breakdown of her first marriage and the death of her mother, aged 45, from multiple sclerosis in 1990.
Rowling wrote much of the first novel in cafes, while her young daughter slept in a stroller.
The first four movies, starring British actor Daniel Radcliffe in the lead role, grossed more than $3.5 billion in box office receipts...
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling admits that she broke down in tears while writing the final book of the boy wizard's adventures, echoing the feelings of many fans as they await the end of the series.
Commenting on speculation that the final word of the book is "Scar," Rowling said, "Scar? It was so for ages, and now it's not. Scar is quite near the end, but it's not the last word."
Harry's friend Hermione Granger is based on Rowling as a child. "I was quite swotty as a child," but Harry is a totally imaginary character, she said. Ron Weasley, another of Harry's friends, is "a lot like my oldest friend Sean," she said. "Swotty" would translate as "geeky."
Rowling said last year that two characters die in the final book, leading many people to speculate that she may have decided to kill off the central character.
Now the SAVE HARRY! Online Petition has gained an almost overnight success, based on Rowling's recent admission "I can't say I will never write another book about that world...
If you're interested, see SAVE HARRY POTTER! Sign the Online Petition to J K Rowling
For more about the importance of the Harry Potter books in modern culture, see the article THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: Harry Potter and the Meanings of Hallows
--Kate Falken: http://www.kathleenfalken.0catch.com
About the Author
Kate Falken has been a marriage counselor, with an interest in Jungian psychology and dream-study, for over 25 years. To read more about modern marriage therapy, see SAVE MY MARRIAGE TODAY!
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