--- description: Rowling vandalized a bust in the room by writing a message about finishing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows there title: J.K. Rowling Vandalized the Hotel Room Where She Finished 'Harry Potter' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # J.K. Rowling Vandalized the Hotel Room Where She Finished Writing _Harry Potter_ by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 12, 2016 12:38 AM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 12, 2016 12:38 AM CUT Monday marks the nine-year anniversary of [J.K. Rowling](http://time.com/4110623/j-k-rowlings-biggest-harry-potter-revelations/ "undefined") finishing the [_Harry Potter_](http://time.com/3997347/jk-rowling-harry-potter-theories/ "undefined") series, and mega-fans can relive the magic by dropping $2,000 to spend the night in the room where she wrapped up writing. The room at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh is notable for a trace the author left behind: Rowling vandalized a bust in the room by writing a message about finishing _Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_ there. Rowling shared a photo of the graffitied bust on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/686668805234397184 "undefined") Monday, warning readers off vandalism: > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/686668805234397184) Still, that mark likely made the room where she stayed all the more valuable. A night in the J.K. Rowling suite costs £1,415, or about $2,057, a night manager for the Balmoral confirmed. That figure included value-added tax and is up from almost £1,000 [in 2008](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2437835/Harry-Potter-fans-pay-1000-a-night-to-stay-in-hotel-room-where-JK-Rowling-finished-series.html "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4176527/harry-potter-jk-rowling-hotel-room/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4176527/harry-potter-jk-rowling-hotel-room/"},"headline":"J.K. Rowling Vandalized the Hotel Room Where She Finished Writing Harry Potter","datePublished":"2016-01-12T00:38:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:59:14.432Z","description":"But said \"never do this\"","url":"https://time.com/4176527/harry-potter-jk-rowling-hotel-room/","keywords":["Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4176527/harry-potter-jk-rowling-hotel-room/","name":"J.K. Rowling Vandalized the Hotel Room Where She Finished Writing Harry Potter"}}]}] ```