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Jul 31, 2018 · In 1990, she began planning out the "Harry Potter" series. J.K. Rowling reportedly wrote the first two "Harry Potter" books in this chair, which was auctioned off in 2002. Scott Barbour/Getty...
May 13, 2020 · Rowling owes her success to an 8-year-old girl. Like many first-time authors, Rowling struggled to get her first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone published.
May 17, 2024 · J.K. Rowling at a book signing in 2007, the year that the final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was published. (more) The first book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997; also published as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ), was released under the name J.K. Rowling.
Rowling completed Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in June 1995. The initial draft included an illustration of Harry by a fireplace, showing a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead. Following an enthusiastic report from an early reader, Christopher Little Literary Agency agreed to represent Rowling.
Jun 26, 2017 · But witchcraft wasn’t the only evil the books were accused of peddling. In 2007, after the series’ end, J.K. Rowling retroactively outed the powerful wizard
Jan 12, 2017 · It’s been 10 years since J.K. Rowling finished writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. On 11 January 2007 the author stepped out of Edinburgh’s Balmoral hotel having completed the last novel in the Harry Potter series — the culmination of 17 years of writing.
Oct 16, 2016 · Cunningham's instincts didn't fail him, and thanks to his support Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone hit shelves in the U.K. in June 1997, signaling the dawn of the Potter Era. The book...
