J.K.Rowling was recently presented with the James Joyce award at the University College in Dublin. While she was there she read from Deathly Hallows and answered questions! See the full transcript in English and Spanish HERE or click MORE below.

Did you ever seriously consider killing Harry in book 7?

Oh yeah ! Yes, of course, but I considered it way back in the beginning, not as the series went on. I never deviated, once I decided what the end was going to be, I never thought, “oh I will, I’ll kill him”. But right from the beginning, it took seven years between having the idea for Harry and publishing Philosopher’s Stone, I did consider having him die, and I have said before that in some ways it would have been a neater ending. But he was, he is my hero. And I wanted my hero to do what I consider to be the most noble thing.

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