British Author Chips In

Author J.K. Rowling has donated an undisclosed sum to the reward fund for now 4 year old Madeleine McCann. The fund has reached 2.5 million pounds – about $5.5 million.

One of Britain's richest people, Rowling asked that the size of her contribution remain secret, but various papers have said it was the largest of a series of celebrity pledges.

from The Toronto Star

The seventh and final book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be out July 21, 2007.