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Ian Rankin has insisted that his comments about JK Rowling writing a crime novel were made in jest.
Speaking at the Edinburgh book festival, the Scottish author claimed that his wife Miranda had visited a cafe and spotted the Harry Potter writer making notes for a detective plot.
"This is a joke that got out of hand," Rankin told The Guardian. "There were 600 people in the audience, and only one person didn't laugh."
A spokeswoman for Rowling's literary agent, Christopher Little, added that the rumours are "unfounded".
She continued: "JK Rowling is taking a well-earned break following the English language publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and there are no firm plans as yet as to what her next book may be."
Speaking at the Edinburgh book festival, the Scottish author claimed that his wife Miranda had visited a cafe and spotted the Harry Potter writer making notes for a detective plot.
"This is a joke that got out of hand," Rankin told The Guardian. "There were 600 people in the audience, and only one person didn't laugh."
A spokeswoman for Rowling's literary agent, Christopher Little, added that the rumours are "unfounded".
She continued: "JK Rowling is taking a well-earned break following the English language publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and there are no firm plans as yet as to what her next book may be."
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