Monday, March 22, 2004
Summary from Online Chat with JK Rowling about the next Harry Potter book
There will be no prequels to the Harry Potter series.
There will be a new Minister for Magic.
Grawp will be a lot more controllable.
Harry/Cho is officially over.
Draco/Hermione is officially over.
Poor Winky will never recover from her Butterbeer addiction.
Voldemort did not have any children.
Snape is not a vampire.
Harry will soon be in DEEP peril.
We will see Moaning Myrtle again.
It is unlikely Harry will have a career at Hogwarts.
Draco is an only child.
There will be a new Gryffindor Quiddich Captain.
Lupin is a half-blood.
We will see Krum again, although not very soon.
We will find out what Dudley saw when he saw the Dementors in OotP.
We will see more of Narcissa Malfoy now that Lucius is gone.
Trelawney's middle name is Patricia.
Sirius's two-way mirror very well may return in 6.
The Sorting Hat's words are entirely sincere.
The Muggle and Wizard world will never rejoin, but Muggles are noticing more and more things now that Voldemort has returned.
Harry will tell his "nearest and dearest" about the prophecy when he's ready to.
We'll find out a little about Harry's grandparents, although they are not important to the story.
Harry may be receiving another kiss ("or two!"), but there's no indication thus far as to who the kisser is.
Further ambiguity regarding Harry and Hermione as a couple.
Lupin's middle name is John.
Ginny's middle name is Molly.
Hermione's middle name is Jane.
Ron's middle name is Bilius.
