The Hindu : The big secret

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Thursday, Jun 19, 2003

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The big secret

LONDON: Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling cried after she wrote the scene in which one of the series' main characters dies, she said in an interview to the BBC. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth instalment in Rowling's widely popular children's series about a boy wizard, comes out on Saturday. Its plot is a closely guarded secret, but Rowling has said one of the central characters dies in the book. She hasn't even told her husband, Dr. Neil Murray, which one it is, she said in the interview. After writing the death scene, Rowling recalled, "I walked into the kitchen crying and Neil said to me, `What on earth is wrong?' And I said, `I've just killed the person.' And he said, `Well, don't do it then.' And I said, `Well, it just doesn't work like that.' You are writing children's books, you need to be a ruthless killer." She said there was a crucial Potter secret yet to be revealed, but gave no hints for eager readers.

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