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'Harry Potter' Author Happily Writing
Thursday, August 9, 2001 8:40 PM EDT
Fans of Harry Potter who've come to expect an annual dose of the boy wizard will have to wait a little longer for the fifth volume of his adventures - but that's not because the author has writer's block.
"There is no writer's block - on the contrary, I am writing away very happily," said J.K. Rowling in a letter published Thursday in The Scotsman newspaper.
The first Harry Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," was published in 1997. The second and third volumes followed over the next two years, and the fourth, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," appeared last year.
No date has been set for the publication of book five, and The Scotsman suggested on Wednesday that the 35-year-old author was suffering from creative block.
"As I, my publishers and my agent have stated since the publication of 'Goblet Of Fire' in July 2000, there was never any intention of publishing the fifth Harry Potter book in 2001, nor has any deadline ever been set for the delivery of the manuscript," Rowling wrote.
In the past year, Rowling has written two companion volumes to the series, "Quidditch Through the Ages" and "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," with proceeds donated to charity.
The Harry Potter books have sold more than 30 million copies around the world. A Warner Bros. film adaptation of the first volume is scheduled for release November 16th.
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