"Harry Potter" author JK Rowling goes by the name Robert Galbraith for her crime novel series that centers on the adventures of private detective Cormoran Strike, which many would agree are tales far darker than the writer's bestselling saga.
It seemed like Rowling did not want readers to know who Galbraith really was. But after her cover has been made, the novelist never really talked her pseudonym. But as per Entertainment Weekly, this changes on Nov. 2 when Rowling sits down as Galbraith in an on-air interview with Drivetime Show on BBC Radio 2.
"I am delighted JK Rowling will be giving Radio 2 her first UK radio interview as Robert Galbraith," Radio 2 head of programmes Lewis Carnie said via The Guardian. "The Radio 2 Book Club has become the most listened-to book club, and to have one of the most critically acclaimed authors of our time as a guest on the show is going to be a real treat for our listeners," he added.
According to The Guardian, Rowling will talk about Galbraith's newest Cormoran Strike book "Career of Evil" with the radio show's host Simon Mayo, who will also read five reviews from listeners on the installment. The newly-released title is the third in the series, which includes "The Cuckoo's Calling" and "Silkworm."
But more than that, Rowling will at last open up about the creation of her pseudonym. The aforementioned site says that Rowling will also reveal the story behind her decision to write as Galbraith and how she dealt with the not so successful but momentary cover up of her alias.
When "The Cuckoo's Calling" was released in 2013, The Sunday Times revealed several months after Galbraith, who received praises by critics for the book that follows war veteran Strike, who lives in his office, lost his leg and gets to the bottom of the murder of a supermodel.
"I had hoped to keep this secret a little longer, because being Robert Galbraith has been such a liberating experience," Rowling said in a statement that time via NY Times. "It has been wonderful to publish without hype or expectation, and pure pleasure to get feedback under a different name," she added.
Needless to say, after the big secret came out, the sales for the book spiked and it showed that Rowling's spell in the literary world is strong. But what the book then proved was that the 50-year-0ld novelist from UK can write a good crime story.
The success of the Cormoran Strike novels also demonstrated that Rowling can write for adults as stupendous as for the younger readers, who remain spellbound of the stories of the boy who lived. Rowling has already mentioned that there will be more Strike tales to come, even more than the "Harry Potter" books.