Lifestyle-Asia-literature-culture, FEATU

Lifestyle-Asia-literature-culture, FEATURE by Idayu Suparto School children walk in line past the financial district during an outdoor excursion at the Marina Bay in Singapore on May 24, 2010. Could the next J.K. Rowling, the British billionaire author of the Harry Potter series, come from Asia? With more than half the world's population, high literacy rates, increasingly affluent consumers and a rich storytelling tradition, Asia has no shortage of authors who can become the next big thing in children's books. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images)