J.K. Rowling Reveals She Has Started Writing A “Futuristic” Novel

J.K. Rowling has shed a little light on the subject of a future novel.

The Harry Potter scribe said she has begun work on a “futuristic” book, which will become her priority once she has wrapped the Robert Galbraith Strike novels.

Rowling teased the detail in a post on X (formerly Twitter) after being asked if she would consider writing a space odyssey.

“There are three different books I could do after Strike, all of which I’ve started because I’m a deranged workaholic,” she responded. “The one I’m planning to finish first is futuristic, but not a space odyssey, sorry. Definitely earthbound.”

Rowling’s next novel, under her Galbraith pseudonym, will be the eighth installment of Strike, titled The Hallmarked Man. She told The Times of London in May that she is planning a further two Strike books.

The Strike series follows a war veteran turned private detective named Cormoran Strike. The books have been adapted into a BBC/HBO series, Season 6 of which was filmed this year.

Season 5, Strike: Troubled Blood, premiered in December 2022 with a strong 8M viewers for BBC1. It went on to average 6.9M viewers over the course of its four-part series.

Seven Strike novels have been published under Galbraith’s name, with the most recent book titled The Running Grave.