"I shudder to think what will happen to teenagers born into that kind of situation, or living in that kind of situation right now, what their future will hold because it does seem that the poverty trap is shut just as tightly as ever it was." Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling fears for young people growing up in Britain during the recession.
"If people hate it, I will suck that up, as my teenage daughter would say. I'd be lying if I said, 'No, I don't care'. Of course I care. But I had the most amazing experience with Harry that will stay with me forever. I don't feel I have to chase that, I had that. Literature is subjective, some will like it, and some won't." Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is philosophical about the potential reaction to her first adult novel, The Casual Vacancy, which is released on Thursday (27Sep12).
Author J.K. Rowling has given Harry Potter fans a glimmer of hope after hinting she is keen to pen a "director's cut" version of some of her best-selling books.