--- ---  # J.K. Rowling Reveals She Has New Books on the Way  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 21, 2016 6:54 PM UTC  J. K. Rowling attends the European premiere of 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them' at Odeon Leicester Square on November 15, 2016 in London, England. J. K. Rowling attends the European premiere of 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them' at Odeon Leicester Square on November 15, 2016 in London, England.Karwai Tang/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 21, 2016 6:54 PM UTC [J.K. Rowling](http://time.com/4609174/j-k-rowling-snape-queenie-legilimency/) has said that the story of [Harry Potter is finally over](http://time.com/4432264/jk-rowling-harry-potter-end-series/), but that doesn’t mean she’s done writing novels. The author took to Twitter Wednesday morning to discuss the projects she currently has in the works, including finishing the screenplay for the [second _Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_ movie](http://time.com/4530643/fantastic-beasts-franchise/). After a fan tweeted at her to ask if she is writing any new books, Rowling responded that she was literally working on one at that very moment. She went on to explain that she will be releasing two different novels in the foreseeable future, one under her own name and one under her pen name, Robert Galbraith. While the topic of her Rowling book remains a mystery, the Galbraith will presumably be the fourth installment in her Cormoran Strike detective series — the third of which, _Career of Evil_, was published in 2015. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/811575664751087616) > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/811577238701404162) > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/811577670463004680) > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/811578231426023427) J.K. Rowling Reveals She Has New Books on the Way ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4609349/j-k-rowling-new-books-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4609349/j-k-rowling-new-books-twitter/"},"headline":"J.K. Rowling Reveals She Has New Books on the Way","datePublished":"2016-12-21T18:54:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:25:53.353Z","description":"\"I'm always working on a novel. It's my thing\"","url":"https://time.com/4609349/j-k-rowling-new-books-twitter/","keywords":["Books","J.K. Rowling"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb85ef329743d404/6988b3ad8e0601f67c468a6a/j-k-rowling-new-books.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb85ef329743d404/6988b3ad8e0601f67c468a6a/j-k-rowling-new-books.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them\" European Premiere - Red Carpet Arrivals","caption":"J. K. Rowling attends the European premiere of 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them' at Odeon Leicester Square on November 15, 2016 in London, England.","creditText":"Karwai Tang/WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4609349/j-k-rowling-new-books-twitter/","name":"J.K. Rowling Reveals She Has New Books on the Way"}}]}] ```