Best Halloween ever! J K Rowling to release new Harry Potter story :)

October 25, 2014 13:50

Author J K Rowling has announced that she will release a tale about Dolores Umbridge, who served as the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher known for her abusive punishments against students in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

The new story is scheduled to be published online on the author's official blog on Halloween Day, October 31. It will unveil the villain's back story and offer "revealing first-person" thoughts about the former Hogwarts professor, reported Ace Showbiz.

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