Harry Potter author signs new book deal

Harry Potter author signs new book deal

NEW YORK-The Associated Press

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J.K. Rowling is back, and writing for adults.

The author of the mega-selling "Harry Potter" series has an agreement with Little, Brown in the United States and Britain to publish her first novel for grownups. The title, release date and details about the novel, long rumored, were not announced Thursday. Her seventh and final Potter story came out in 2007.

Rowling's Potter books were published by Bloomsbury in Britain and Scholastic in the U.S.