JKR and Oprah

Rowling won't rule out new 'Potter' book

  October 1, 2010 at 1:50 PM ET
  Cheeser     HPANA (via Associated Press)
  jk rowling, oprah winfrey, new harry potter books

Author JK Rowling told Oprah Winfrey her extreme fame at the heights of the Harry Potter phenomenon was "like being a Beatle" and for a time she "was barely hanging on by a thread," in an interview airing today in the U.S.

Rowling also admitted she "could definitely" write new stories featuring the beloved characters from her seven bestselling novels.

"I'm not going to say I won't," she said, but pointed out she had moved on for now.

Check your local listings to catch the interview, taped at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, on today's Oprah broadcast.