J. K.Rowling

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Rowling not ruling out another Harry Potter book


Sept. 26, 2012, 5:18 AM EST
LONDON (AP) -- J.K. Rowling says she plans to return to writing for young people — and doesn't rule out another book set in Harry Potter's magical world.

Rowling became the world's most successful living author with her seven novels about a boy who discovers that he is a wizard and is pitched into battle against the forces of evil.

Rowling's first book for adults, "The Casual Vacancy," is being published Thursday, five years after the release of the last volume in the Potter saga.

The author told the BBC in an interview broadcast Wednesday that her next book would be "for slightly younger children than the Potter books."

And she said while "where Harry's story is concerned, I'm done," she was considering "a sidestep" story set in the same universe.

Copyright 2012 Associated Press

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Jk Rowling's pseudonymous novel pursued by Hollywood studios


The Cuckoo's Calling by 'Robert Galbraith' is subject of interest from a number of big-hitters including Warner Bros

A number of Hollywood studios are eyeing Jk Rowling's mystery novel The Cuckoo's Calling, which was published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, with the aim of adapting it into a film.

Deadline reports that Warner Bros, which released the multimillion-dollar Harry Potter series of movies, is heading up the pack due to its established relationship with Rowling. The British author was exposed as the writer of The Cuckoo's Calling earlier this month by a friend of one of her lawyers.

The book shot to No 1 in the UK hardback fiction charts last week after the revelation, selling 17,662 copies in seven days. Even prior to the leak, it had received two offers from television production companies.