“Harry Potter” bestselling author JK Rowling has a sequel done and a film deal in the works. Fans can expect the sequel to the controversial detective book “The Cuckoo’s Calling” to hit shelves in 2014, while its film adaptation is reportedly being optioned by film bosses.

Ms Rowling reluctantly came out as the author of the new book after The Sunday Times revealed that she was the brain behind the pen name Robert Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling” was published in April to acclaimed critical reviews but had average commercial success, only selling 1,500 copies.

But when the mega author was revealed to be the real writer, the sales for the novel have gone up to 156,866% on Amazon.

And while Ms Rowling was saddened by the revelation of her pseudonym, she has moved on. And now, she has revealed that she has just finished the sequel to the book, which she expects to be published in 2014.

She didn’t add anything more about the upcoming novel, though. And she was also mum about the reported film adaptation of “The Cuckoo’s Calling.”

According to the UK paper The Mirror, film bosses are interested to acquire the license to the book. Warner Bros is in the lead, though, since it produced the “Harry Potter” film series and it has strong ties to Ms Rowling.

“We’re not commenting on film rights,” a spokesman for the author simply said.

“The Cuckoo’s Calling follows the story of a one-legged veteran and now private detective named Cormoran Strike who, along with office temp assistant Robin Ellacott, is investigating the death of a supermodel.

“I chose Robert because it is one of my favourite men’s names, because Robert F Kennedy is my hero and because, mercifully, I hadn’t used it for any of the characters in the Potter series or ‘The Casual Vacancy,’” Ms Rowling explained on her Web site why she chose Robert Galbraith as her pen name.

“Galbraith came about for a slightly odd reason. When I was a child, I really wanted to be called ‘Ella Galbraith,’ and I’ve no idea why. I don’t even know how I knew that the surname existed, because I can’t remember ever meeting anyone with it. Be that as it may, the name had a fascination for me. I actually considered calling myself L A Galbraith for the Strike series, but for fairly obvious reasons decided that initials were a bad idea.”

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