JK Rowling expecting her third child

[Reciprocity]

JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, has announced that she is expecting her third child next year.

The best-selling author, 38, used her website to break the news and told fans she was "delighted".
Rowling's son, David, was born last year following her marriage to Dr Neil Murray at a secret Boxing Day ceremony in 2001. She already has a daughter, Jessica, from a previous marriage.
For more..
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/24/urowl.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/07/24/ixportaltop.html

[TNDemo]

1. Don't you know her ex-husband

feels like the unluckiest guy on earth? Wonder if he has to pay child support?

[Reciprocity]

2. He sounds like a real creep.

This is from a Britain's tabloid that tracked
down her ex-husband, in Portugal.

PLEASE LET ME SEE MY LITTLE GIRL, JK

THE former husband of Harry Potter creator Joanne Rowling has spoken for the first time about their stormy relationship.

But her ex-husband Jorge Arantes, a Portuguese journalist, has broken his silence about their time together. He claims he helped to develop the Harry Potter character - but says he does not want any of the £14 million. But he desperately wants to see their six-year-old daughter, Jessica. He last saw her when she was a baby.
Mr Arantes said his love affair with Joanne started in 1991 when she went to Oporto to get over the death of her mother.
And he claims to have a handwritten copy of her first Harry Potter book and has challenged her claim that she began writing the series in an Edinburgh coffee shop when she was living on £69-a-week social security.
He said: "This is proof that she was already writing the books when she was in Oporto and when I told Joanne to change something she would normally make the alteration."
Joanne and Jorge married and had Jessica in July, 1993. Soon afterwards they had a row that was to end the marriage.
Jorge said: "I will never try to get custody of Jessica, because she has a good mother.
"But I have not seen my daughter since she was a baby. Now she is six, I do want regular contact with Jessica."
15/11/1999 EP
For more
http://beehive.thisisbath.com/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=9334&PageID=51961

New York Times
July 10, 2000
All Aboard the Potter Express
Alan Cowell

Earlier this year, for instance, Britain's tabloids tracked down her ex-husband, a Portuguese journalist named Jorge Arantes with whom she had a brief marriage in the early 1990's. Ms. Rowling has brought up their daughter, Jessica, single-handed. But suggestions that her ex-husband may have helped in the creation of Harry Potter rankle with her. "He had about as much input into Harry Potter as I had into 'A Tale of Two Cities,' " she said tartly.
For more..
http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2000/0700-nyt-cowell.htm

[Reciprocity]

4. Place your bets.

JK Rowling has announced that the title of Book 6 is "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" . She reveals that "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" is neither Harry nor Voldemort.

You can find the story under " The Daily News"
This is her official site..
http://www.jkrowling.com/en/thankyou.cfm

So any ideas on who the "Half Blood Prince" is? I think its Hagrid."

[SarahB]

3. Good for her.

Who says smart, creative women don't reproduce? (Unfortunately many seem to think this given various experiences I've had.) However though, smart, creative women produce smart, creative little people if they are doing their job correctly.

I wish her health and happiness (and I get to one up a couple of Harry Potter fans in my house who don't know this yet ;)).

[Reciprocity]

5. No takers?

[flamingyouth]

6. Good for her

I wish her all the best. I've loved her books for years and I think she deserves all of her success, happiness and more.