J.K. Rowling is Time’s Second Runner-Up Person of the Year

Time magazine has announced its top people of 2007, and Jo Rowling made the list at #3, behind Vladimir Putin and Al Gore. The article features some new quotes from the author:

“There have been times since finishing, weak moments,” she says, “when I’ve said, ‘Yeah, all right,’ to the eighth novel.” But she’s convinced she’s doing the right thing to take some time away and do something else. She’s working on two projects now, an adult novel and a “political fairy tale.” “If, and it’s a big if, I ever write an eighth book about the [wizarding] world, I doubt that Harry would be the central character,” she says. “I feel like I’ve already told his story. But these are big ifs. Let’s give it 10 years and see how we feel then.”