Another Harry Potter book? J.K. Rowling says she could write eight, ninth book

By John Dorian | October 5, 2010 2:50 PM AEST

Just when fans brace themselves to say goodbye to Harry Potter, as the two-part finale will hit the theaters this year and the next, author J.K. Rowling shines a beam of hope for fans as she reveals that she might write another book for the Harry Potter novels.

Talking to Oprah in an interview, Rowling revealed that she could write one or two more book in the seven-novel Harry Potter series, and even if she thinks she is done, she does not close her door to writing a new book.

"I could definitely write an eighth, a ninth book... I think I am done, but you never know," said Rowling.

Rowling was in Oprah's show late last week where she talk about her mother and how her death had inspired her to write the Harry Potter books.

Rowling said: "The books wouldn't be what they are if she hadn't died... I mean, her death is literally on every other page in the 'Harry Potter' books."

"At least half of Harry's journey is to deal with death, what it does to the living, what it means to die, what survives death....If she hadn't died, I don't think it is too strong to say there wouldn't be Harry Potter. The books are what they are because she died."

Rowling has recently founded a medical research facility in memory of her mother, The Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic . Whether she will write another book in the Harry Potter series has no definite answers as of now, but as Rowling herself said, "you never know."