14 DAY TRIAL // Though she was once eager to close the book on the wizard that conquered the entire world with his adventures, JK Rowling admitted on Oprah’s show that chances of her writing more “Harry Potter” books were still high.
Years ago, before the seventh and (until recently) supposedly final book came out, Rowling said she wanted Harry’s story to end with her, thus preventing some other writer to pick it up where she left it off.
In the end though, she did not have the heart to kill the world’s most famous wizard, which, to state the obvious, means she’s free to write more books – if she ever wanted to.
Speaking on Oprah the other day, Rowling dropped the bomb on an unexpecting audience, the Daily Mail says: she misses Harry Potter so much she may write more about him.
Of course, fans are not to take that as a given, since it doesn’t mean Rowling is officially confirming she’s working on a new book in the series – still, it’s better than knowing for certain it was the end.
“I could definitely write an eighth, ninth, tenth. I’m not going to say I won’t. I don’t think I will… I feel I am done, but you never know,” Rowling told Oprah.
Parting with Harry Potter seemed like a good idea at first, the esteemed author continued, but, in time, she came to miss him – and especially working on his story.
This way, if she ever decides she wants to pick up Potter’s story again, she knows how it will all go down: the story is all in her head.
“The end was huge, like a bereavement. Although I knew it was coming – we all know the people we love are mortal, we know it’s going to end – you can’t prepare yourself for it. I was in a slight state of shock,” the writer says of putting out the final book.
After the brief period of rejoicing, Rowling came to miss Harry Potter.
“Initially I was elated, but then there came a point I cried and I have only ever cried once before in my life – and that was when my mother died. It was uncontrollable and I’m not a big crier,” the author explains.
The Harry Potter books and the death of her mother are oddly connected, she said in the same interview – to the point where she’s convinced the one couldn’t have happened without the other.
“I never told my mother about it, I would have done – I know she would have liked it. But I regret it hugely. The books wouldn’t be what they are if she hadn’t died,” Rowling said.
“Her death is on virtually every other page of the Harry Potter books. If she hadn’t died I don’t think it’s too strong to say there wouldn’t be Harry Potter,” the author explained.