“It would be one way to kill off the merchandising.”

—  Joanne K. Rowling

On the possibility of killing Harry in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as quoted in 'Harry is a lot, lot, lot angrier in this book' in The Telegraph (20 June 2003)
2000s

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British novelist, author of the Harry Potter series 1965

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