Jk rowling schreibt jetzt als robert galbraith welt. She wanted to write a contemporary whodunit, with a credible back story. Jk rowling s second crime novel is due to hit shelves this june when the harry potter author publishes the silkworm under her pseudonym, robert galbraith the popular writer, 48, has penned a new. The silkworm 2014, career of evil 2015 and lethal white 2018. Rowling will publish career of evil, the third book under her pseudonym, and it will be released in the fall, according to little, browns uk imprint. Consider the recent outing of harry potter author j. After the harry potter author was outed last week as having written a new book, the cuckoos calling, under the. K rowling s detective cormoran strike is heading back to the bbc with four new episodes of the crime drama the series, which is known as. Rowling continues to write the cormoran strike series under the name of robert galbraith to maintain the distinction from her other writing. The cuckoos calling is a 20 crime fiction novel by j. A new novel from jk rowling, writing under her pseudonym of robert galbraith, has shot up amazons presales charts in the hours since it was announced out on 22 october, career of.
Hamilton born 1960 ruth hamilton 18982008 dashiell hammett 18941961 knut hamsun 18591952 daniel handler pseudonym lemony snicket. A new novel from jk rowling, writing under her pseudonym of robert galbraith, has shot up amazons presales charts in the hours since it was announced out on 22 october, career of evil will. Jk rowling gets fans excited as she announces completion. It is the first novel in the cormoran strike series of detective novels and was followed by the silkworm in 2014, career of evil in 2015, and lethal white in 2018. Nevertheless, very few people know that some of the most influential authors wrote their compelling books under a pseudonym.
Rowling donned an invisibility cloak of her own for her new novel. The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. And i spoke to another author recently who is terrified of marketing her books written under a pseudonym in case anyone discovers her true identity and reveals her author career to her abusive ex. But why does she write under this name and what is. Jk rowling chose her alter ego of robert galbraith by conflating the name of her political hero robert f kennedy and her childhood fantasy name ella galbraith, the harry potter writer has. Jk rowling confirms title and release date for new. Her exact reasons for writing under the pseudonym are unknown, but it has something to do with. When the first harry potter was gearing up for release, rowling s publishers feared boys wouldnt read a book written by an icky girl, so they subbed in a few genderambiguous initials the author has no middle name but says the. Her publishers asked that she use two initials rather than her full name, anticipating that the target audience of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman. How jk rowling was revealed as the true author behind the. Unter dem pseudonym robert galbraith veroffentlicht sie seit 2012 auch. Rowling s second book under a pseudonym weaves an engaging web. Rowlings mystery book pen name, robert galbraith, is. Seuss, anne rice, georges remi, daniel handler, mark twain, lewis caroll, etc.
Rowling released a book called the cuckoos calling under the name robert galbraith. Jk rowling is one of the most wellknown authors of our time, but did you know she also writes under the pseudonym of robert galbraith. Rowling is debut mystery author robert galbraith as it is to say that robert galbraith is really j. After harry potter, the author chose crime fiction for her next books, a genre she has always loved as a reader. Each of these writers are using pen names for different reasons but both feel their writing will be doomed to obscurity as a result. This infographic shows 20 popular authors who wrote under a pseudonym.
Rowling is coming out with a new book, the sequel to last years the cuckoos calling. Jk rowling announces new book, career of evil, under. Rowling, published under the pseudonym robert galbraith. Rowling s alter ego, robert galbraith, delivers with a. In allen kategorien, buch, taschenbuch, mangelexemplare, ebook, horbuch. Jk rowling to publish the silkworm under galbraith pseudonym. Rowling has been writing a series of crime novels under the pseudonym robert galbraith.
When she isnt retconning harry potter or owning donald trump on twitter, j. She wrote the first book under the pseudonym of robert galbraith in order to avoid the association of. Rowling, before her remarriage, her name was joanne rowling. Jk rowling on having a pseudonym jump to media player speaking in 2001, jk rowling said she found the idea of writing under a pseudonym appealing, but she believed her chances of not being found. A reprint of the book is under way and will carry a revised author biography, which reads, robert galbraith is a pseudonym for j. Rowling had released a book under the name robert galbraith. Headline jk rowling confirms title and release date for new cormoran strike novel.
After the harry potter author was outed last week as having written a new book, the cuckoos calling, under the pen name robert galbraith. Rowling has another secret book and youll never guess where its hiding. Harry potter author jk rowling reveals why she wrote crime. K rowlings detective drama strike to return to bbc. Rowling has written a crime novel called the cuckoos calling under the pseudonym robert galbraith, according to the daily telegraph. Rowling continues to write the crime series under the galbraith pseudonym to. It was for the exact reasons that you mention in that there was fear, in the beginning, that a woman would not be as accepted or popular in the sf community so she chose a very masculine name. The 54yearold has been writing crime fiction under the pseudonym robert galbraith.
Bringing life to harry potter put too much pressure on j. Detective cormoran strike investigates a supermodels suicide. Rowling as the writer of the cuckoos calling, a crime novel she published under the pen name robert galbraith. Jk rowling tells story of alter ego robert galbraith. Jk rowling unmasked as author of acclaimed detective novel.
In a plot twist worthy of a novel, it turns out that j. Rowling, celebrity author of harry potter, the best. In fruheren bbcinterviews hatte rowling bereits angekundigt nach. Rowling is reported as saying to the sunday times of london, i had hoped to keep this secret a little longer because being robert galbraith has been such a liberating experience. The ruse was successful for a little while, but now. Rowling using a male pseudonym says about sexism in publishing. In 2014, author craig davidson published his young adult horror novel the troop under the pseudonym nick cutter. Jk rowling has finished writing her highlyanticipated book from her popular crime series cormoran strike. Jk rowling publishes crime novel under false name the guardian. Intercutting between events on an island where a small group of scouts is menaced by a science experiment run amok and outside news footage, diary pages, and interviews, the novel lands on the blood and gore side of the horror genre. Harry potter author jk rowling reveals why she wrote crime novels under pseudonym. Hervey hamilton 18971985 pseudonym of denise naomi klein robins pearson marguerite hamilton 19201998 patrick hamilton 19041962 peter f. One of the best scifi authors of the 20th century was a woman who wrote under a male pseudonym. Rowling, reagan arthur, publisher of little, brown.
Culture books features how jk rowling was revealed as the true author behind the robert galbraith novels. While explaining why she writes under her initials. Rowling revealed as secret author of crime novel cnn. Rowling is the real author of the cuckoos calling, which she published on april 30 under the pseudonym robert galbraith. One of those is the cuckoos calling, which was published under the pseudonym robert galbraith to critical acclaim. Jk rowling will release another book under pseudonym. A clue to why rowling decided to adopt a pseudonym for the cuckoos calling might be gleaned from the reception to her first postpotter novel. Rowling s second adult novel flies off shelves book, written under pseudonym, ranked no.
Auch the cuckoos calling erschien beim verlag little, brown book group. The writer wanted a fresh start in crime fiction without hype or expectation. Rowling secretly published a novel in april under a. She secretly wrote the cuckoos calling under a pseudonym. Rowling joanne rowling has published all of her books under a pseudonym. Publisher after publisher rejected the book before it finally found a home, and rowling writing under a genderneutral pseudonym in the hopes of enticing boys to read her workbecame one of. The sunday times got suspicious when it realized that galbraiths editor, agent, and publisher all worked with rowling, and uncovered her ruse. Rowling sowie unter ihrem pseudonym robert galbraith bekannt. Rowling and led her to write under a pseudonym thats what the author of the famed series said about writing books as robert. Rowling is publishing a second crime novel under the pseudonym robert galbraith in june. The first three books in the strike series have been adapted for television. Rowling to publish cuckoos calling sequel under pseudonym.