J.K. Rowling's Cormoran Strike novels will be adapted for the BBC
Author J.K. Rowling鈥檚 Cormoran Strike detective series is coming to the small screen.
According to the , the books (which Rowling releases under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith) will be adapted for a BBC One series. 鈥淭he number and length of episodes to be decided once the creative adaptation process has formally begun,鈥� according to the BBC.聽
Rowling鈥檚 series currently consists of the 2013 book 鈥淭he Cuckoo鈥檚 Calling鈥� and this summer鈥檚 鈥淭he Silkworm.鈥� The author has said she has several more books about the private detective planned.
鈥淲ith the rich character of Cormoran Strike at their heart, these dramas will be event television across the world,鈥� BBC Television director Danny Cohen said in a statement.
Rowling鈥檚 novel 鈥淭he Casual Vacancy,鈥� which was written under her own name, is also being adapted by the BBC and is airing on BBC One this February.
As noted by , Rowling poked fun at her use of a pen name on Twitter, tweeting,
Monitor fiction critic Yvonne Zipp was won over by the latest book in the Cormoran Strike series, 鈥淭he Silkworm,鈥� writing of the novel, 鈥淸It] offers a corkscrewing plot and a clever use of both Jacobean revenge dramas and the book-within-a-book plot device. In addition to the mystery, Rowling also wryly sends up the publishing industry鈥� The plot could have used a little tightening in the second half, but 鈥楾he Silkworm鈥� is a highly entertaining read. Above all, Rowling is a storyteller with a terrific imagination, and she employs both to good effect.鈥�
Rowling herself continues to be involved in screen adaptations of her writing 鈥� she鈥檚 penning the screenplay to a movie adaptation of her book 鈥淔antastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,鈥� a work she wrote as a textbook for the students at the magical school of Hogwarts in her 鈥淗arry Potter鈥� novels.
