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In a sneak peek in the Daily Prophet, Rita says that there is a whole chapter on the Dumbledore/ Potter relationship. It also talked about how Dumbledore's father was imprisoned in Azkaban for attacking three Muggles, and explored Dumbledore's relationship in his younger days with Gellert Grindelwald, who would later become an immensely powerful Dark wizard, second only in power to Voldemort, and would be defeated in 1945 by Dumbledore himself. The book contained some controversial, though partially true, revelations about Dumbledore and his family, for example, the story of covering up of the " sickness" of Dumbledore's sister Ariana. One of the pages of the book, featuring Gellert GrindelwaldĪ page behind the page on top with Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald It is probably because of this "warmth and softness" that Braithwaite's write-up was highly favourable and quite heavily biased in favour of Skeeter. Prior to its release, Betty Braithwaite had visited Rita's home for an interview about the title, and Rita served her tea and a slice of pound cake. The book was rated with five stars by the Daily Prophet. Īs was her common tendency, Rita made sure the book was released in the immediate wake of a death to ensure that public interest in the person she was doing a book on remained high, whilst fully exploiting the legal situation that the dead cannot be libelled. It was published in late July or early August of that year. Though it ran nine-hundred pages in length, Skeeter completed the book only four weeks after Dumbledore's death in June 1997. The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore was a biography of Albus Dumbledore that was written by Rita Skeeter. After this, Hermione threatens to spill Skeeter's secret if Skeeter doesn't take an entire year off from writing." Stripping away the popular image of serene, silver-bearded wisdom, Rita Skeeter reveals the disturbed childhood, the lawless youth, the lifelong feuds and the guilty secrets Dumbledore carried to his grave." - Description of the book

Hermione captures Skeeter while Harry is in the hospital wing and keeps her in her beetle form in a jar until they get to London. Hermione eventually discovers that Skeeter is an unregistered Animagus who can turn into a beetle, which is how she was able to sneak into Hogwarts to watch the tasks and interview Slytherin students who ally themselves with her. This infuriates Hermione, especially when Skeeter begins publishing information gleaned from private conversations to which she wasn't privy, and Hermione takes it upon herself to uncover how Skeeter is able to do this. She insinuates that Harry is mentally unstable and turns people against Hermione by suggesting that she's playing with Harry's emotions. Skeeter is extremely vindictive and, when Harry refuses to give her interviews, she attacks him and Hermione through her writing. Following the first task, Dumbledore bans her from the school grounds, though this doesn't stop the articles. When Harry meets her at the first Triwizard Tournament event, he learns that her articles take the form they do because she uses a Quick-Quotes Quill, which elaborates on what an interview subject says and turns her articles into fantastical pieces that are barely fact. Skeeter always wears robes in shocking colors and is usually accompanied by her photographer. She's known for writing sensationalist news articles that do nothing but stir up trouble. A notorious journalist for the Daily Prophet.