So what will J.K. Rowling do after the last Harry Potter book is published? She might use a pen name for future books. In her only British interview (with 14 year-old Owen Jones for ITV), J.K. Rowling discussed her sadness at the thought of the end of the Harry Potter series, and why she might have to use a pen name for subsequent books.
She said she had mixed feelings about ending the saga of the boy wizard.
"I am dreading it in some ways. I do love writing the books and it is going to be a shock, a profound shock to me," she said. "Even though I have known it is coming for the past 15 years, I have known that the series would end, I think it will still be a shock."
Before she sits down to start the seventh book, Rowling said she would take time off to spend with her 6-month-old daughter Mackenzie Jean.
"I have already done some work on it and I am still doing little bits and pieces, but realistically I have still got a very young baby, so I think probably next year I will do the proper writing of book seven."
As for writing non-Harry Potter fiction, she hinted she might consider a pen name.
"A fake name is very attractive," Rowling said. "I'll have less pressure and I can write any old thing I want and people won't be clamoring for it and that might be nice."
