User blog comment:Gcheung28/POSSIBLE HP SPINOFF/@comment-5614598-20121013073202

She has flat-out said that she is averse to the prequel-sequel idea, so it won't be that. If she ever does write a "sidestep" spinoff taking place during the events of the Harry Potter series, I seriously doubt it will be about a character important to the Harry potter series as the ones listed above. My galleons are on an established yet very minor character, perhaps someone who works for the ministry. Ms Rowling is a fun author, so she may have slight nods to the events in the Harry Potter series, such as the protagonist lazily reading a Daily Prophet article about a Ford Anglia crashing into the Hogwarts grounds, or giving a bit of pumpkin pasty to a stray, shaggy, black dog. You know, that sort of thing. I do hope she makes further use of the wonderful universe she has created; nobody can use it as well as her. That's my two-knuts worth, anyway!