J.K. Rowling

[Tracey Neal]

I like and admire Rowling a whole heap...she's rich indeed. Happy for her I would imagine she'll continue to write after our beloved Harry.
I love the hell out of Harry by the way But if she desires, she doesn't have to work or write ever again...she's pretty much loaded dude

[Libellus]

<shame> I havent read her books </>
But I know lost of little people (and older) who have. Leaving aside anything she has done or will do she has switched alot of people "on" to reading which has to be given a huge Hoooorah!
I think, from the interviews I have seen and read, she is a really "normal" person. Yes she was maybe lucky with Harry - But she worked damn hard to deliver the final product. She hasnt let the success go to her head and she is very family orientated.
Whatever she does I wish her well and again thank <whoever> what she has done for books and reading amongst the young (and old!)

[surabhi279]

jk rowling is really good.. her books turn your imagination bulbs on.! she should write much more

[julps]

I remember reading something about her writing some sort of crime novel next. Sounds odd, but we'll see.

I grew up with Harry Potter and *LOVELOVELOVE* the books with all my heart I don't really care what Rowling does about anything, but if she does have more good books in her, well, yay & on with them then!

P.S. Don't you just hate the movies?

[Stunt Penguin]

I remember reading something about her writing some sort of crime novel next. Sounds odd, but we'll see.

I grew up with Harry Potter and *LOVELOVELOVE* the books with all my heart I don't really care what Rowling does about anything, but if she does have more good books in her, well, yay & on with them then!

P.S. Don't you just hate the movies?

I love her books too. I agree, the movies somehow seem to leave out HUGE chunks out of the books, and they're not nearly as enjoyable as the books. Let's see if they've done justice to Half-blood Prince when it is released in November.

[j2page1]

Has anyone heard about her new book yet "The Tales of Beedle the Bard ", I read the synopsis but I don't know how I feel about it yet. Any thoughts.

[anita blake]

Just read the synopsis for the book. It does not appeal to me in the least. In fact if that had been her first book, in my opinion she wouldn't be so well known

[theQ]

I'm still gonna read it. When does it come out again?

[tushar1411]

nope

[development]

I admire her. I know she says there won't be more Harry Potter books, but I wonder if she will change her mind down the road and write more.

[theQ]

I admire her. I know she says there won't be more Harry Potter books, but I wonder if she will change her mind down the road and write more.

No offense, but I hope she doesn't. All good things have a end and if you try to stretch them out longer than they should be, you just ruin them.

[loladarling]

I love the Harry Potter books and think Rowling is a great author but I hope she does move on to new material, she has talent and not that she needs to write or do anything else ever again but I look forward to what's next.

[books4smarts]

that is a hard question to answer, I suspect that she wants to break away from the harry potter series,

In some ways, her characters have begun to take a life of their own.

Actors, often get into this type of situation, (called type cast)

I expect that she has a fear of being type cast as the writer of HP and so she
may want to get away from that.

[Dezire06]

is a Great Author I can't wait to see what she writes next

[WriterBLAlley]

I'm curious about all of these authors who came out of nowhere and instantly had huge success. What did they do different to get their first works noticed and marketed so well they immediately become bestsellers AND become movies? The writing itself isn't so spectacular to justify that, so what was it?