Report: J.K. Rowling Writing Crime Novel
Aug 18, 7:58 PM EST
J.K. Rowling has been spotted at cafes in Scotland working on a
detective novel, a British newspaper reported Saturday.
The Sunday Times newspaper quoted Ian Rankin, a fellow author and
neighbor of Rowling's, as saying the creator of the "Harry Potter"
books is turning to crime fiction.
"My wife spotted her writing her Edinburgh criminal detective
novel," the newspaper, which was available late Saturday, quoted
Rankin as telling a reporter at an Edinburgh literary
festival.
"It is great that she has not abandoned writing or Edinburgh
cafes," said Rankin, who is known for his own police novels set in
the historic Scottish city.
Rowling famously wrote initial drafts of the Potter story in the
Scottish city's cafes. Back then, she was a struggling single
mother who wrote in cafes to save on the heating bill at
home.
Now she's Britain's richest woman worth $1 billion, according to
Forbes magazine and her seven Potter books have sold more than
335 million copies worldwide.
In an interview with The Associated Press last month, Rowling said
she believed she was unlikely to repeat the success of the Potter
series, but confirmed she had plans to work on new books.
"I'll do exactly what I did with Harry I'll write what I really
want to write," Rowling said.
The office of Rowling's literary agent, Christopher Little, was not
immediately available to comment late Saturday.
