Harry Potter was born the day my mother died

The Telegrpah quotes Author J.K. Rowling as saying her mother’s death while she was writing the
Harry Potter books led her to make her hero suffer the death of his own parents.

This year, she will finish writing the Harry Potter series. The final chapter sits, already written, in her safe. A new children’s book is also complete. It is about a monster and is what Rowling calls a “political fairy story”. It is aimed at children younger than those who read Harry Potter. “I haven’t even told my publisher about this.” There are also some short stories already written.