What was J.K. Rowling’s first published work after the Harry Potter series?

The Casual Vacancy was J.K. Rowling’s first published work after the Harry Potter series.

The novel was released in 2012, following the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in 2007. It marked Rowling’s first major publication aimed at an adult readership and was not set in the wizarding world.

Its narrative focuses on the fictional community of Pagford, where a council seat becomes vacant after a death. The resulting election exposes conflicts involving wealth, class, social services, and family life.

Several later works are sometimes mistakenly identified as her first post-Potter publication. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them had appeared in 2001 as a companion text, while The Cuckoo’s Calling followed in 2013. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was published in 2016 and was credited as a stage-play script based on a story by Rowling and collaborators.