J.K. Rowling released a teaser for her new book, and it's as cryptic as ever
J.K. Rowling loves a good mystery, whether she's writing it into a novel or simply tantalizing her fans on Twitter.
The Harry Potter author, who regularly changes her Twitter header, switched it Thursday morning to a cryptic painting: Still Life: An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life.
"Don't you like it?" Rowling responded coyly when a fan asked her what prompted the new image. She went on to give precious little more information...
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Among Rowling's current works are the fourth Cormoran Strike detective novel penned under pseudonym Robert Galbraith, and a second work about which little is known. Still Life is "essentially a religious works in the guise of a still life," and cautions the viewer not to place too high a stock in wealth and vanity. Each object has a symbolic meaning -- death, wealth, knowledge and so on -- which relates to many of the overarching themes in Rowling's works.
Proma Khosla is a Senior Entertainment Reporter writing about all things TV, from ranking Bridgerton crushes to composer interviews and leading Mashable's stateside coverage of Bollywood and South Asian representation. You might also catch her hosting video explainers or on Mashable's TikTok and Reels, or tweeting silly thoughts from @promawhatup.
