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	'''''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''''' is the seventh and final book in the '']'' series of novels by ]. The book is scheduled to be released globally in English-speaking countries immediately after midnight (00:01), ], on ] ]. In the ], it is to be released for sale within each separate time zone at 00:01 local time, a few hours after other English-speaking countries.<ref name=release-date>{{cite news\|url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=97\|title=Publication Date for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows\|publisher=J. K. Rowling Official Site\|last=Rowling\|first=J. K.\|date=2007-02-01\|accessdate=2007-03-29}}</ref>

	The book reached the top spot on both the ] and ] bestseller lists just a few hours after the date of publication was announced on ] ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hpana.com/news.19747.html\|title='HPDH' reaches no. 1 on U.S. Amazon & BN lists\|publisher=]\|date=2007-02-01\|accessdate=2007-03-29}}</ref>
	Retailers such as ], ] and ] are reporting that more orders have been placed for this book than for any other in history,<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2007-05-02-summer-books-cover_N.htm\|title=After final 'Harry Potter' book, can anyone fill the void?\|date=]\|work=]\|last=Blais\|first=Jacqueline\|accessdate=2007-05-03}}</ref> and American publisher ] announced an unprecedented initial print run of 12 million copies.<ref name=scholastic_announcement>{{cite web\|url=http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_03142007_BA.htm\| accessdate=2007-03-29\|date=2007-03-14\|title=Scholastic Announces Record-Breaking 12.1 Million First Printing In United States Of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows\|publisher=]}}</ref> The book is expected to be 608 pages in the British edition,<ref name=covers-uk-edition-pages>{{cite news\|url=http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#article:9653\|title=Deathly Hallows Cover Art and Summaries Released! Brit Page Count Confirmed!\|publisher=]\|date=2007-03-28\|accessdate=2007-03-29}}</ref> and has been confirmed to be 784 pages in the US edition.<ref name=us-edition-pages>{{cite news\|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-20-2007/0004549646\|title=Scholastic Makes Largest Ever Commitment to Forest Stewardship Council Certified Paper in a Single Book for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows\|date=2007-03-20\|accessdate=2007-03-29}}</ref>

	Rowling made a public request that anyone with advance information about the last book should keep it to themselves to avoid spoiling the reading experience for the many fans who do not want to know the ending in advance.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/\|title=J.K.Rowling Official Site\|publisher=J K Rowling\|accessdate=2007-05-18\|date=14 May 2007}}</ref> To this end, Bloomsbury invested 10 million pounds in an attempt to keep the book's contents secure until the July 21 release date.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/16harry.htm\|title=10 million pounds to guard 7th Harry Potter book\|publisher=Rediff\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|date=16 July 2007}}</ref>

	==Background to the series==
	{{details\|Harry Potter}}

	The ''Harry Potter'' series was originally published as a children's book by ] publisher Bloomsbury, and ] publisher Scholastic Press. It rapidly became a phenomenal success amongst children and adults alike. The books each chronicle one year at school for the characters concerned and follows a long tradition of children's series about life in schools.<ref name=Langford>{{cite book\|last=Langford\|first=David\|title=The End of Harry Potter?\|publisher=Gollanz\|date=2006\|isbn=0575078758}}</ref> Perhaps unlike some of the traditional series following this format, each new book has matured along with its original target audience (roughly keeping pace with the age of the principal characters), expanded in complexity and scope, and darkened in tone in comparison to previous volumes<ref name="r_and_j" />. The books began as relatively slim volumes (223 pages ''Philosopher's Stone'' UK ed. 309 pages ''Sorcerer's Stone'' US ed.), but have grown as the series progressed (766 pages ''Order of the Phoenix'' UK ed. 870 pages ''Order of the Phoenix'' US ed).

	The books contain significant elements of fantasy and magic, combined with a detective-novel approach to the story. Each volume involves a self-contained problem and task for the heroes to complete and adds to the background information about the fictional wizarding world. The books often provide seemingly innocuous pieces of information, the importance of which only becomes apparent in later volumes (one of many methods of ] used by Rowling, known as a ]). Rowling comprehensively plotted the entire series of seven books before the first was published, and although the overall plot remains unchanged, she has stated that it has undergone a number of revisions.

	A number of books about the ''Harry Potter'' series have now become highly popular, with some 190 books written.<ref name=new_chapter>{{cite web \|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;?xml=/news/2007/05/13/npotter13.xml\|title=A new chapter for HP and JK\|publisher=]\|accessdate=2007-06-15\|date=]}} </ref> A book produced by the fan site ] reached position #2 on the ] children's paperback best seller list with over 335,000 copies in print.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://mugglenet.com/app/news/full_story/963\|title=MuggleNet on FOX, MTV\|accessdate=2007-06-16\|date=]\|publisher=]}}</ref> Rowling has stated that she takes great pleasure from the interest of fans in the series: "I love theories more than I can possibly say. I take it as the highest compliment that people analyse the books so much and think about what might happen next so much. There are people who have got very close to the end of the final series."<ref name=Owen-Jones>{{cite news\|url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-edinburgh-jones-official.html\|accessdate=2007-06-16\|title=One-on-one interview with J.K. Rowling\|date=]\|publisher=]\|format=reprint}}</ref>

	In a web update on ] ], she wrote,
	{{quote\|While each of the previous Potter books has strong claims on my affections, 'Deathly Hallows' is my favourite, and that is the most wonderful way to finish the series.<ref name=Farewell-to-Harry>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/sources/jkr.com/jkr-com-diary.html \|title=Rowling's website diary entries \| work= HP-Lexicon \|accessdate = 2007-06-15}}</ref>}}

	==Book cover artwork release==
	===UK editions===
	]
	]

	The UK children's cover depicts Harry, Ron and Hermione apparently falling into a large treasure of silver and gold; the trio appears frightened in the picture. Some creature's (presumably a house-elf) hand grips Harry's right shoulder, and wields a silver sword with a ruby mounted on the hilt with its other hand. The sword matches the description of ]'s sword in '']''. The cover spine features a circle inscribed in a triangle with a vertical line bisecting the pair. The meaning of the symbol is uncertain. The front flap depicts Harry's ] (a ]) while the back flap shows a ] in a ].

	The UK adult cover shows ]'s ] as described in '']'': golden with a large engraved serpentine ''S'' in green gems.

	Bloomsbury has released the inside flaps and full jacket covers alongside their respective covers.:<ref name="summaries">, Bloomsbury, via , ''The Leaky Cauldron.'' Retrieved on ]-]</ref>

	'''Inside Flap:'''
	{{Cquote\| Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes. Never has Harry felt so alone, or faced a future so full of shadows. But Harry must somehow find within himself the strength to complete the task he has been given. He must leave the warmth, safety, and companionship of The Burrow and follow without fear or hesitation the inexorable path laid out for him.

	In this final, seventh installment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling unveils in spectacular fashion the answers to the many questions that have been so eagerly awaited. The spellbinding, richly woven narrative, which plunges, twists and turns at a breathtaking pace, confirms the author as a mistress of storytelling, whose books will be read, reread and read again.}}

	'''Back Cover:'''
	<!--The correct word in this quote is "fulfil". This is the exact quote on the back cover and is also the correct British spelling of the word. Please do not change it to the American "fulfill".-->
	{{Cquote\| Harry is waiting in Privet Drive. The Order of the Phoenix is coming to escort him safely away without Voldemort and his supporters knowing – if they can. But what will Harry do then? How can he fulfil the momentous and seemingly impossible task that Professor Dumbledore has left him with?}}

	===U.S. editions===
	]
	]
	Scholastic has also released the American cover. The cover is a wraparound, meaning that it depicts a single ] image spanning over the entire front, back and spine of the book. David Saylor, art director at Scholastic, described the cover:<ref name="MWN">{{Cite web\|title=Cover of New Harry Potter Book Revealed\|url = http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070328/D8O5CDJG0.html\|accessdate=2007-03-29}}</ref>

	{{quote\|The structures around Harry show evident destruction and in the shadows behind him, we see outlines of other people. On the back cover, spidery hands are outstretched toward Harry. Only when the book is opened does one see a powerful image of ], his glowing red eyes peering out from his hood.}}
	], the illustrator of the U.S. edition books, has not used a monochromatic colour scheme, as she did with ] (blue hues) and ] (green hues). Instead, she has reverted to the colour schemes of the first four books.

	The U.S. Deluxe Edition features a different cover picture, with Harry and company flying on the back of a dragon above a small village that is nestled in a valley surrounded by mountains.

	==Choice of title==
	]
	Shortly before the release of the title, J. K. Rowling announced that she had considered three different titles for the book.<ref>{{cite web\| url=http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/archive/2006/10\|title=Rowling considering two titles\|publisher=Mugglenet\|accessdate=2007-04-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=93\|accessdate=2007-04-23\|title=J.K.Rowling Official Site\|work=News Archive}}</ref> The final title "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" was released to the public on ] ] via a special Christmas-themed ] puzzle on Rowling's website, confirmed shortly afterwards by the book's publishers.<ref name=book-7-title>{{cite web\| url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/cont_text.asp?sec=4&unart=yes&artTitle=Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Deathly%20Hallows\|title=Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows\|publisher=]\|date=2006-12-21\|accessdate = 2006-12-21}}</ref> The particular date has given rise to some interest, due to two ] included in '']'', that state "...at the ] will come a new... and none will come after..."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/dh/book_dh.html\|accessdate=2007-04-23\|title=HP Lexicon\|work=Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}</ref>

	When asked "What does 'Deathly Hallows' mean?" J.K. Rowling responded, "Any clarification of the meaning of 'Hallows' would give away too much of the story – well, it would, wouldn't it? Being the title and all. So I'm afraid I'm not answering."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=114\|accessdate=2007-02-06\|title=J.K.Rowling Official Site\|work=FAQ section}}</ref> She also declined to say what her other shortlisted title had been, at least until after publication. The phrase "Deathly Hallows" was ] under the name "Stone Connect (UK) Limited" on December 5, 2006, along with 5 other phrases.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hp-lexicon.org/comments/?m=200612\|accessdate=2007-04-23\|title=HP Lexicon\|work=Dec 2006 News Archives}}</ref> It was later denied that any of the others had ever been contenders for the actual title.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/full_story/555\| accessdate=2007-04-10\|title=Titles registered alongside Deathly Hallows\|publisher=Mugglenet}}</ref> The word "hallows" had already appeared in phrases registered by representatives of Warner Brothers before publication of '']''. "Hallows of Hogwarts" and "Hogwarts Hallows" were registered as trademarks by ] in 2003-2004, amongst a number of fake titles.<ref name=Langford>{{cite book\|last=Langford\|first=David\|title=The End of Harry Potter?\|publisher=Gollanz\|date=2006\|isbn=0575078758}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hp-lexicon.org/comments/?m=200612\|date=2006\|accessdate=2007-04-18\|title=December 2006 News Archive, research into the title\|publisher=HP-Lexicon}}</ref>

	==Marketing campaigns==
	The launch will be celebrated by an all night book signing and reading at the ] in ] which Rowling will attend along with 1700 guests chosen by ballot.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://www.bloomsbury.com/jkrevent/\|title=Harry Potter\|publisher=scholastic\|accessdate=2007-05-25}}</ref> Rowling intends to tour the USA in October, where another event will be held at ] in New York with tickets allocated by sweepstake.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=99 \|accessdate=2007-06-15\|title=USA open book tour }}</ref>

	Scholastic Inc., the American publisher of the Harry Potter series, launched a multi-million dollar "THERE WILL SOON BE 7" marketing campaign with a 'Knight Bus' travelling to forty libraries across the United States, online fan discussions and competitions, collectible bookmarks, tattoos, and the staged release of seven ''Deathly Hallows'' questions most debated by fans.<ref name=scholastic_announcement/>

	Scholastic will also host "Harry Potter Place" - a magical and interactive street celebration for kids and adults at Scholastic headquarters in New York City, where the first U.S. signed edition of ''Deathly Hallows'' will be unveiled on July 20.<ref>{{cite web\| url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,129035.shtml \| date=2007-06-26\|accessdate=2007-06-26\|title=Scholastic to Host 'Harry Potter Place'\|publisher=Scholastic}}</ref> The festivities will include a 20 foot high Whomping Willow, face-painting, wand-making, fire-eaters, magicians, jugglers and stilt-walkers.

	Several bookstores have set up small kiosks displaying free-to-take bookmarks. The Bookmarks show reasons why ] should be considered a friend or a foe on opposite sides along with the Deathly Hallows logo at the bottom.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://cgi.ebay.com/LAMINATED-Harry-Potter-Deathly-Hallows-7-Snape-Bookmark_W0QQitemZ180131928237QQcmdZViewItem\|date=2007-06-26\|acessdate=2007-06-26\|title=Laminated Harry Potter Deathly Hallows 7 Snape Bookmark\|publisher=}}</ref>

	==What is known about the plot==
	Rowling completed the book while staying at the ] in ] in January 2007, and left a signed statement on a marble ] of ] in her room which read: ''"JK Rowling finished writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in this room (652) on ] ]"''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=3&id=181062007\|title=Finish or bust - JK Rowling's unlikely message in an Edinburgh hotel room\|publisher=]\|date = 2007-02-03\|accessdate=2007-03-29\|last=Cornwell\|first=Tim}}</ref> She has stated that the final volume relates very closely to the previous book in the series, '']'', so much so that the two books are "almost as though they are two halves of the same novel."<ref name=book-six-progress>{{cite web\|url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=62\|date=2004-03-15\|accessdate = 2006-12-23\|title=Progress on Book Six\|publisher=J. K. Rowling Official Site\|last=Rowling\|first=J. K.}}</ref> Prior to completing the manuscript, Rowling stated that she could not change the ending of the book, even if she wanted to. "''These books have been plotted for such a long time, and for six books now, that they're all leading a certain direction. So, I really can't.''"<ref name=Owen-Jones />

	===Unresolved plot elements from previous books===
	* Harry will return to the home of his ] relatives, the ] (whose cooperation has been requested by ]), during the school holiday. The magical protection Dumbledore arranged, which requires Harry to have a home with them, is set to expire on his upcoming birthday, when he comes of age.{{HBP\|ch=4}}

	* Harry plans to visit the remains of his parents' home in ]. ] and ] plan on accompanying him on this trip.{{HBP\|ch=30}}

	* ] and ] plan on getting married in August. Several of the main characters have been invited.{{HBP\|ch=30}}

	* ] has been bitten by a werewolf (]); however, Fenrir was not fully transformed (he was not bitten on the day of a full moon), and we have yet to see the full effect of the bite. So far it has been said that Bill has merely developed a taste for <!--meat --->steak cooked very rare.

	* It is unclear what will happen to Hogwarts after the attack on the school at the end of ''Half-Blood Prince'', but Harry has said he will leave school to continue his battle against Voldemort. If the school reopens, replacements will be required for ] (] instructor and head of Slytherin house) and possibly ] (] instructor, head of Gryffindor house and deputy Headmistress) in the event that she becomes Headmistress.{{HBP\|ch=29}} {{HBP\|ch=30}}

	*] owes Harry a ] that has not yet been repaid.

	* Harry must destroy all of Voldemort's remaining ]es before Voldemort can be defeated. Dumbledore believed there were a total of si<!--

	PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE NUMBERS IN THIS SENTENCE. This sentence is directly quoting Chapter 23 of HBP; see the talk page for more details. Any edits to these numbers will be viewed as speculation and will be reverted.

	-->x, and that two so far have been destroyed (the ] and ]).

	* There is no explanation at the end of ''Half-Blood Prince'' as to the true identity of the mysterious "]", who claimed to have stolen one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, a locket, with the intent to destroy it, while replacing it with a fake locket, later recovered by Harry and Dumbledore.{{HBP\|ch=28}} Rowling said ] was "a fine guess" for R.A.B.'s identity in an interview.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2005/0705-tlc_mugglenet-anelli-2.htm\|
	title=Anelli, Melissa and Emerson Spartz. "The Leaky Cauldron and MuggleNet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling: Part Two," The Leaky Cauldron, ] ]\|date=2005-07-16\|accessdate = 2006-12-23\|publisher=Accio Quote!}}</ref>

	* The true loyalty and motivations of ] have been unclear throughout the series. At different points in the series, Snape's actions have either conflicted with his stated intentions or with his previous actions. Because of the contradictions in his behavior, Snape remains a potential wild card. This is in contrast to the other main characters who have very clearly chosen allegiances.

	*It has not been explained why, when Dumbledore heard that Voldemort had used Harry's blood to resurrect himself, Harry sees a "gleam of triumph" in Dumbledore's eyes. {{GF\|ch=36}} Rowling has said that this is still "enormously significant".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrinterview3.shtml\|
	title=Anelli, Melissa and Emerson Spartz. "The Leaky Cauldron and MuggleNet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling: Page 3," The Leaky Cauldron, ] ]\|date=2005-07-16\|accessdate = 2007-07-15}}</ref>

	* It is still unclear if ], Harry's Godfather, is indeed dead or just trapped behind the arch. (He was not hit with the "Killing Curse" as shown in ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'')

	* No one was credited with performing the magic involved with the spectacular flaming raising of the white marble tomb of Dumbledore. Whether or not this is significant taken along with Scrimgeour's hasty assertion a few plot moments later that "He's gone... not even Dumbledore can return from the—" creates a slight opening to hopeful speculation. However, J.K. Rowling has repeatedly quashed theories that state Dumbledore is alive.<!-- at least in the minds of us that are cynically suspicious of authors and screen-writer's motives for putting in such otherwise unnecessary
	reminders! <g> fabartus --->

	===Hints from Rowling===
	* Rowling drafted the last chapter of the book several years ago to give herself an ending to work towards. The chapter contains details of what happens to the surviving characters:
	:{{quote\|This is the thing that I was very dubious about showing you... this is the final chapter of book seven. This is really where I wrap everything up, it's the epilogue. And I basically say what happens to everyone after they leave school - those who survive - because there are deaths - more deaths coming. It was a way of saying to myself, 'Well, you will get it, you will get to book seven one day. And then you'll need this!' So I'd just like to remind all the children I know who come around my house and start sneaking into cupboards that it's not there anymore - I don't keep it at home anymore for very, very, very obvious reasons. So there it is.<ref name="BBC_fry">{{cite web\|url=http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2001/1201-bbc-hpandme.htm\|title=Harry Potter and me, BBC Stephen Fry interview, ] ]\|work=quick-quote-quill\|accessdate = 2006-07-03}}</ref>}}

	* Rowling has stated that there will be no ] matches in ''Deathly Hallows''.<ref name="tlc_mug_inter_2">{{cite web\|url=http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrinterview2.shtml\|title=MuggleNet and The Leaky Cauldron interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling (part 2)\|work=Mugglenet\|accessdate = 2006-06-30}}</ref>

	* J. K. Rowling said in 2001 that Harry might get another pet at some point.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2001/0301-raincoast-interview.html\|title=Raincoast Books interview transcript, Raincoast Books (Canada), March 2001.\|work=Quick Quotes Quill\|accessdate = July 3\|accessyear=2006}}</ref> Although ] may have filled this role (Harry obtained possession of the ] after the death of ], albeit under ] care), she also hinted that ], Dumbledore's phoenix, might have another role.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2005/0705-edinburgh-ITVcubreporters.htm\|title=Edinburgh "cub reporter" press conference, ITV, ] ]\|work=Quick Quotes Quill\|accessdate = July 3\|accessyear=2006}}</ref>

	*We will learn something very important about ]:
	:{{quote\|Now, the important thing about Harry's mother - the really, really significant thing - you're going to find out in two parts. You'll find out a lot more about her in book five, or you'll find out something very significant about her in book five, and you'll find out something incredibly important about her in book seven.\|– J. K. Rowling<ref name="connect">, ''The Connection'' (WBUR Radio), ] ]</ref>}}

	*Rowling has long said that the fact that Harry has "his mother's eyes" is "very important."<ref>{{cite news \|first = Stephanie \| last = Loer \| title = All about Harry Potter from quidditch to the future of the Sorting Hat \| publisher = The Boston Globe \| date = ] ] \| url = http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/1999/1099-bostonglobe-loer.html \| accessdate = 2006-06-30}}</ref>

	* Severus Snape has been an important and enigmatic character throughout the books, as his true loyalty has always remained unclear. It is to be anticipated that as a surviving major character, his loyalty will be settled in the final confrontation of the book.<ref name="tlc_mug_inter">{{cite web\|url=http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrinterview.shtml\|title=MuggleNet and The Leaky Cauldron interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling (part 1)\|work=Mugglenet\|accessdate = 2006-07-02}}</ref><ref name="itrustsnape">{{cite web\|url=http://www.itrustsnape.com/whytrust/sarah.php\|title=The Case Against Evil\|work=iTrustSnape\|accessdate = 2006-07-02}}</ref>
	::'''Questioner''': ''There’s an important kind of redemptive pattern to Snape.''
	::'''Rowling''': ''He, um, there’s so much I wish I could say to you, and I can't because it would ruin. I promise you, whoever asked that question, can I just say to you that I'm slightly stunned that you've said that and you'll find out why I'm so stunned if you read Book Seven. That's all I’m going to say.''<ref name="connect" />

	*She has stated we will learn more about ] and ] and their respective families.<ref name="tlc_mug_inter_2" />

	* At the ] book festival, Rowling mentioned that something more would be revealed about ]. Nothing of note occurred in book 6, so this remains to be discovered.<ref name="edinburg_book">{{cite web\|url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=80\|title=J K Rowling at the Edinburgh Book Festival\|work=J.K.Rowling Official Site\|accessdate = 2006-06-30}}</ref>
	:{{quote\|..there is a little bit more to Aunt Petunia than meets the eye...She is not a ], although that is a very good guess. Oh, I am giving a lot away here. I am being shockingly indiscreet.}}
	:Rowling repeated this comment at the ] charity reading in August 2006.<ref name="Radio_city">{{cite web\|url=http://www.hpana.com/news.19542.html \| title= Radio City August 2006 Charity Reading \|work=HPANA transcript\|accessdate = August 20\|accessyear=2006}}</ref> She clarified by stating that Aunt Petunia will not perform magic.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/rumours_view.cfm?id=37\|title=Aunt Petunia will start exhibiting magical tendencies\|work=JK Rowling Website: Rumours\|accessdate = 2006-06-30}}</ref>

	* Rowling has said that some non-magical character will perform magic late in life under desperate circumstances.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/1999/0399-barnesandnoble.html\|title=Barnes and Noble interview, ] ]\|work=Quick Quotes Quill\|accessdate = 2006-06-30}}</ref> However, Petunia will not be the one to perform magic (see above).

	* Also at Edinburgh, ] was mentioned: "She is loathsome . . . but I can't help admiring her toughness. . . . There is more to come on Rita."<ref name="edinburg_book" />

	* On ], "It's too much fun to torture her not to have another little bit more before I finish."<ref name="tlc_mug_inter_2" />

	* Rowling has said that ] is quite powerful, that we have seen a taste of that in the past, and we will see it again.<ref name="tlc_mug_inter_2" />

	* ] is set for a reappearance.<ref name="wbd2004">{{cite web\|url=http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2004/0304-wbd.htm\|title=World Book Day 2004\|work=Quick Quotes Quill\|accessdate = 2006-06-30}}</ref>

	* ], the former ] ] which passed to Harry's ownership with the death of ], may make an appearance. Rowling told the filmmakers of ''Order of the Phoenix'' to include the character in the movie, because he is "very important", after they had omitted him in a draft of the script.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1542581/10062006/story.jhtml\|title=Elf's Absence From Next 'Harry Potter' Flick Opens Up Plot Questions}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2007/06/25/kreacher-comforts-mtv-solves-a-harry-potter-mystery\|title=Kreacher Comfort: MTV Solves A ‘Harry Potter’ Mystery\|publisher=]\|date=]\|accessdate=2007-06-26\|last=Vineyard\|first=Jennifer}}</ref>

	* Sirius Black's flying motorbike and the two-way mirror he gave Harry will return.<ref name="wbd2004" /> In fact, Rowling has mentioned in one of her FAQs that the two way mirror "will help more than you think." Rowling refused to comment whether Sirius himself might in some way reappear, but she has also said that there was a reason why he had to die.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.harrypotterfanzone.com/?ID=jkrowling/transcripts/23&dir=World%20Book%20Day%20Chat\|title=JK Rowling Book Day Transcript}}</ref>

	* ]'s flying car, which was last seen in the Hogwarts forest,{{HP2}} will reappear.<ref name="BN interview">{{cite web\|url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/0999-barnesnoble-staff.htm\|title=Barnes & Noble chat transcript, Barnes&Noble.com, September 8, 1999\|date=1999-09-08\|accessdate = 2007-06-10\|publisher=]}}</ref>

	* Rowling refused to comment when asked whether the locked door in the ] in the ] would feature in the final book.<ref name="tlc_mug_inter_3">{{cite web\|url=http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrinterview3.shtml\|title=MuggleNet and The Leaky Cauldron interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling (part 3)\|work=Mugglenet\|accessdate = July 2\|accessyear=2006}}</ref>

	* Dumbledore was said to have a "gleam of triumph" in his eyes when told that Voldemort had restored his body using Harry's blood, at the end of ''Goblet of Fire'' (Ch. 36). Rowling has confirmed that this is "still enormously significant".<ref name="tlc_mug_inter_3">{{cite web\|url=http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrinterview3.shtml\|title=MuggleNet and The Leaky Cauldron interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling, Part 3\|publisher=]\|date=2005-07-16\|accessdate = 2006-12-23}}</ref>

	* Rowling revealed in a 1999 interview that one of Harry's classmates will become a Hogwarts teacher, though not Harry himself and 'not who you think'. When asked, Rowling also ruled out Ron. This implies that Hogwarts will re-open at some point.<ref name="connect" />

	*In an interview after the completion of the '']'' film, she commented that director ] had "put things in the film that, without knowing it, foreshadow things that are going to happen in the final two books. So I really got goosebumps when I saw a couple of those things, and I thought people are going to look back on the film and think those were put in deliberately as clues."<ref name=poa-film-interview>{{cite web\|url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2004/1104-poadvd.htm\|title=Interview with David Heyman, Steve Kloves, Mark Radcliffe, Alfonso Cuaron, and Jo Rowling, Prisoner of Azkaban DVD "Extra," ] ]\|date=2004-11-23\|accessdate = 2006-12-23\|publisher=]}}</ref>

	*There are indications that at least two of the main characters will die. In a June 2006 interview about the previously-written ending, Rowling stated that:
	:{{quote\|One character got a reprieve, but I have to say two die that I didn't intend to die...A price has to be paid. We are dealing with pure evil...They go for the main characters...well, I do''".<ref name="r_and_j">{{cite web\|url=http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#article:8796\|title=Transcript of JKR Interview on Richard & Judy\|work=TLC interviews\|accessdate = 2006-06-30}}</ref>}}

	*When further questioned in June 2006 about authors who kill off their main characters, Rowling said "I can completely understand, however, the mentality of an author who thinks, well, I'm going to kill them off because that means there can be no non-author-written sequels."<ref name=r_and_j />

	*Rowling clarified that "Dumbledore is definitely dead", when asked by Sir Salman Rushdie and others at Radio City Music Hall in ]. Rowling answered the same question three times, each time with increasing conviction.<ref>{{cite news \| url = http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#article:8917 \| title = [He Who Was Killed in Book Six] is Really Dead, JKR Rethinks Title of Book Seven, More from Radio City \| date = ] \| publisher = ] \| work = news report }}</ref> However, on the set of the ''Order of the Phoenix'' film, she remarked; "Dumbledore's giving me a lot of trouble". When asked "But isn't he dead?" by ], she explained; "Well, yeah, but it's more complex…."<ref>{{cite news \| url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/story/0,,2009702,00.html\| title = Interview with Daniel Radcliffe \| work=Guardian Unlimited\| date = ], ] \| publisher = ] \| work = news report \|accessdate=2007-03-04 }}</ref>

	*When asked what questions she should have been asked, she admitted that "the final book contains a couple of pieces of information that I don't think you could guess at", and declined to explain further.<ref name=Radio_city/> On ], 2006 she updated her website saying that when she was asked that question, her mind went blank. Since she couldn't make amends, she created a of her website, in tribute to the girl who asked the question. In her NAQ section, she states:
	:{{quote\|Why did Dumbledore have James' invisibility cloak at the time of James' death, given that Dumbledore could make himself invisible without a cloak?}}
	:On ] ], she revealed that Severus Snape was not under the cloak the night of the Potters' death in the of her website.

	*Asked which five of her characters she would like to invite to dinner, she chose Harry, Hermione and Ron, but then hesitated before choosing her last characters, saying "See... I know who's actually dead," unsure whether she was permitted to invite those who are 'dead'.<ref name=Radio_city />

	*Responding to the news that Lord Voldemort was voted best villain at the Big Bad Read poll, Rowling commented:
	:{{quote\|I hope those of you who voted for him in the big bad read enjoy reading about him in book seven, where he finally gets the leg room for which he has been aching all those years in exile.<ref name=Big_Bad_Read>{{cite web\|url=http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/index.php?articleID=9032\|title=Rowling responds to Voldemort voted top villain\|publisher = ] \| work = news report \|accessdate = 2006-09-12}}</ref>}}

	*During a July 2007 interview broadcast on the ]'s '']'', Rowling announced that "scar" was no longer the last word in the book. Although long reported and confirmed by Rowling to be the final word of book 7, Rowling went on record as saying that "Scar is quite near the end, but it's not the last word." She refused to say what the last word was.<ref></ref>

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	:{{~~quote~~\|I always knew that Harry's story would end with the seventh book, but saying goodbye has been just as hard as I always knew it would be. Even while I'm mourning, though, I feel an incredible sense of achievement. I can hardly believe that I've finally written the ending I've been planning for so many years. I've never felt such a mixture of extreme emotions in my life, never dreamed I could feel simultaneously heartbroken and euphoric.<br />		{{cquote\|I always knew that Harry's story would end with the seventh book, but saying goodbye has been just as hard as I always knew it would be. Even while I'm mourning, though, I feel an incredible sense of achievement. I can hardly believe that I've finally written the ending I've been planning for so many years. I've never felt such a mixture of extreme emotions in my life, never dreamed I could feel simultaneously heartbroken and euphoric.<br />
	Some of you have expressed a (much more muted!) mixture of happiness and sadness at the prospect of the last book being published, and that has meant more than I can tell you. If it comes as any consolation, I think that there will be plenty to continue arguing and speculating about, even after ''Deathly Hallows'' comes out.}}		Some of you have expressed a (much more muted!) mixture of happiness and sadness at the prospect of the last book being published, and that has meant more than I can tell you. If it comes as any consolation, I think that there will be plenty to continue arguing and speculating about, even after ''Deathly Hallows'' comes out.}}

			==''Deathly Hallows'' Ending==
	==Editions==
	; Bloomsbury (United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, etc.)
	*ISBN 0747591059 Hardcover
	*ISBN 1551929767 Hardcover (adult edition)
	*ISBN 0747591075 Hardcover (special edition)
	; Raincoast (Canada, etc.)
	*ISBN 1551929767 Hardcover
	*ISBN 1551929783 Hardcover (adult edition)
	; Scholastic (United States, etc.)
	*ISBN 0545010225 Hardcover
	*ISBN 0545029376 Deluxe Hardcover
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After Deathly Hallows

As of 2007, Rowling has been working on the Harry Potter stories for 17 years.

In a 2000 interview through Scholastic, Rowling stated that there isn't a university after Hogwarts and that she did not plan on further Harry Potter books:

Q: Do you think that you will write about Harry after he graduates from Hogwarts? Isn't there a University of Wizardry?

A: No, there's no University for Wizards. At the moment I'm only planning to write seven Harry Potter books. I won't say "never," but I have no plans to write an eighth book.

When asked about writing other books similar to Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, she has said that she might consider doing this with proceeds donated to charity, as was the case with those two books. Another suggestion is an encyclopedia-style tome containing information that never made it into the series, also for charity.

Rowling jokingly posted on her website saying that if she was to make an eighth book, then it could be called: "Harry Potter and the Mid-Life Crisis."

Shortly before the release of book 5, in an interview for the BBC, she was asked about Harry's future by Jeremy Paxman:

Jeremy Paxman: So you know what is going to become of all the major characters over the span of the series?

J.K. Rowling: Yeah...yeah.

Jeremy Paxman: Why stop when they grow up? Might be interesting to know what becomes of Harry as an adult.

J.K. Rowling: How do you know he'll still be alive?

Jeremy Paxman: Oh. At the end of book seven?

J.K. Rowling: It would be one way to kill off the merchandising.

Rowling issued the following statement on her website about finishing the final book:

I always knew that Harry's story would end with the seventh book, but saying goodbye has been just as hard as I always knew it would be. Even while I'm mourning, though, I feel an incredible sense of achievement. I can hardly believe that I've finally written the ending I've been planning for so many years. I've never felt such a mixture of extreme emotions in my life, never dreamed I could feel simultaneously heartbroken and euphoric.
Some of you have expressed a (much more muted!) mixture of happiness and sadness at the prospect of the last book being published, and that has meant more than I can tell you. If it comes as any consolation, I think that there will be plenty to continue arguing and speculating about, even after Deathly Hallows comes out.

Deathly Hallows Ending

Unfortunately, despite the publishers best efforts, the ending was leaked on 17th July 2007. The book, in its entirety, was published as scanned images as downloadable torrents, and a downloading frenzy commenced, which then spread it quickly.

Spoilers can currently be found on several sites.

"Transcript of JKR's live interview on Scholastic.com". 2000-02-03.
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"A new chapter for HP and JK". The Telegraph. 2007-05-12. Retrieved 2007-06-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
"JK Rowling on Newsnight".
Cite error: The named reference Farewell-to-Harry was invoked but never defined (see the help page).