Author JK Rowling has announced that she is expecting her third child next year.
The 38-year-old Harry Potter author broke the news via her website and told fans she was delighted. She already has a son with her husband Neil Murray and a daughter from her previous marriage.
Rowling said that while she could not say when the sixth Harry Potter adventure would be finished, the book remained "well on track".
The name of the new book was recently revealed to be 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince'.