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Rowling's scribblings remain a mystery
A report that J K Rowling was seen "scribbling away" on a crime novel was dismissed as a classic silly season story when the Guardian contacted the source of the story author Ian Rankin. "This is a joke that got out of hand," said Rankin, describing how the remark was made on stage during the course of a festival event.
Speculation that the children's author may turn her hand to another fantasy project, a piece of literary fiction or even a biography remains, for the moment, just that. Emma Schlesinger, speaking for Rowling's literary agent, Christopher Little, was keen to stress that the crime novel rumours were "unfounded". She added: "JK Rowling is taking a well-earned break following the English language publication of Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows and there are no firm plans as yet as to what her next book may be."
