Speaking in 2001, JK Rowling said she found the idea of writing under a pseudonym "appealing" JK Rowling has secretly written a crime novel under the guise of male debut writer Robert Galbraith. The Harry Potter author was acclaimed for The Cuckoo's Calling, about a war veteran turned private investigator called Cormoran Strike. The book had sold 1,500 copies before the secret emerged in the Sunda