# Is J.K. Rowling going to write any more books set in the HP universe? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 8, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-j-k-rowling-going-to-write-any-more-books-set-in-the-hp-universe/355976 "2006-05-08T22:31:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-j-k-rowling-going-to-write-any-more-books-set-in-the-hp-universe/355976/1 "2006-05-08T22:31:16Z")
Even without Harry Potter and the gang, perhaps even without Hogwarts, the hidden Magical world she’s created could be the basis for a lot of very interesting stories. Has she said anything one way or the other? ---
**Author:** ![Chew\_Barker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Chew\_Barker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chew_Barker)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-j-k-rowling-going-to-write-any-more-books-set-in-the-hp-universe/355976/2 "2006-05-08T22:35:00Z")
I seem to remeber reading that she planned a short story where Harry is grown up. Although I dont have the proof. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-j-k-rowling-going-to-write-any-more-books-set-in-the-hp-universe/355976/3 "2006-05-08T22:59:46Z")
I don’t remember anything about a short story, but I do know that she planned an end for the books so she wouldn’t spend the rest of her life writing Harry Potter books. I think it’s possible she could produce another couple of the little books she produced between Books 3 & 4, but nothing like a story. I think it would be pretty sad if she kept writing them. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-j-k-rowling-going-to-write-any-more-books-set-in-the-hp-universe/355976/4 "2006-05-08T23:22:47Z")
My recollection is that she stated firmly that there would be no more stories featuring Harry, and probably no further fiction, at least for quite a while; but that she was considering putting together a sort of encyclopedia or glossography, to share some of the many, many details that she’d put in her notebooks about the wizarding world but never found a place for in any of the novels. But I can’t recall where I read that, so take that for what it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-j-k-rowling-going-to-write-any-more-books-set-in-the-hp-universe/355976/5 "2006-05-09T00:01:59Z")
> [@SCSimmons](#): > > My recollection is that she stated firmly that there would be no more stories featuring Harry, and probably no further fiction, at least for quite a while; but that she was considering putting together a sort of encyclopedia or glossography, to share some of the many, many details that she’d put in her notebooks about the wizarding world but never found a place for in any of the novels. > > But I can’t recall where I read that, so take that for what it’s worth. I remember that too, from a thread here that led into a JK Rowling site. But her official site is incredibly difficult to navigate, so I can’t be bothered to look for it. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-j-k-rowling-going-to-write-any-more-books-set-in-the-hp-universe/355976/6 "2006-05-09T00:12:21Z")
> [@glee](#): > > I remember that too, from a thread here that led into a JK Rowling site. > But her official site is incredibly difficult to navigate, so I can’t be bothered to look for it. They keep a [Text based version of the site also](http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/). I can’t stand the Macromedia Version. Maybe the link will help. Jim