Rowling even launched pottermore, which has become a sort of everevolving encyclopedia of trivia and backstories from her. Apr 07, 2020 the phenomenal response to rowling s books culminated in july 2000, when the fourth volume in the series, harry potter and the goblet of fire, became the fastestselling book in 24 hours ever. Rowling may have finished the harry potter books a long time ago, but this doesnt mean shes let go of them. Rowling, please stop talking about harry potter time.
Rowling announces new harry potter universe film series. Read a full biography of harry potter author, joanne rowling, and find out more about what inspired her to write the 7 harry potter books at, harrypotter harry potter and the cursed child is an upcoming twopart west end stage play and a book written by jack thorne and based on a story by author j. Rowling revealed four new books in the series, which will all be released digitally. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone was a global bestseller in 1997, and rowling went on to add six more books to the series one for each year of harrys education at hogwarts. In february 2004, forbes magazine estimated her fortune as. Dec 17, 2014 the harry potter books are objects that are sold individually, without a packet of disclosures, revisions, and rethinkings from rowling. Rowling has 249 books on goodreads with 18041124 ratings.
The site includes 18,000 words of information on characters, places and objects in the harry potter universe. Jk rowling reveals there are 2 harry potters abc news. Rowling is about to release 3 new harry potter books. Jul 20, 2017 jk rowling has explicitly stated that she is highly unlikely to write another harry potter book. Rowling s harry potter series of fantasy novels comprises two distinct societies.
Loved by fans around the world, the series has sold more than 500 million copies, been translated into 80 languages and made into eight blockbuster films. The tales of beedle the bard, a wizarding classic, first came to muggle readers attention in the book known as harry potter and the deathly hallows. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban harry potter and the goblet of fire harry potter and the order of the phoenix. Rowling, and extensive commentary by albus dumbledore. Rowling is the author of the recordbreaking, multiawardwinning harry potter novels. Six further bestselling books and eight blockbuster films followed. The real stories behind that alleged harry potter book and other. The author has taken to twitter and various other outlets such as writing a play, developing pottermore, etc.
The four books will be set in the harry potter universe, but they arent featuring the. Now, thanks to hermione grangers new translation from the ancient runes, we present this stunning edition with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by j. Rowling reveals americas east coast school is called ilvermorny. However, jk rowling has since released several other titles based in the same world, with this new ebook series being the latest.
Rowling thought up the books, how the filmmakers made the movies, and a ton of other information about the harry potter universe. Rowling, harry potter and the chamber of secrets by j. Rowling has confirmed that some of the characters in the harry potter universe are gay. When asked about this, rowling said that many jewish students went to hogwarts. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 8 july 1999. When jk rowling first tried to publish harry potter nobody wanted to touch it. The main sevenbook harry potter series was completed back in 2007. The wealth of harry potter material also means that theres a wealth of behindthescenes information that yields new details of how j. The first harry potter book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, was published in 1997 to immediate popular and critical. Rowling is the author of the muchloved series of seven harry potter novels, originally published between 1997 and 2007.
While rowling wont be giving readers a ninth harry potter book or more cursed child plays or movies, fans still have plenty of fantastic beasts content to look forward to. Author jk rowling has written not one, but four new books about the wizarding world. Jk rowling, the bestselling author of the recordbreaking harry potter novels, has written a new book, but only seven copies have been made. In june 2011, rowling announced that future harry potter projects, and all electronic downloads, would be concentrated in a new website, called pottermore. Rowling is about to release 3 new harry potter books j. As the pieces of scrap paper amassed containing the earliest snippets of harry potter, rowlings troubles began. Rowling, is a british author, film producer, television producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. Rowling is of course the infamous english author, who wrote the harry potter series of books i still prefer enid blyton. She may be content to leave harry potter s story be for now, theres still plenty for harry potter fans to look.
Probably the most famous author in the world, rowling was the first author to become a billionaire. This is not the first time rowling has bursted the harry potter fandoms bubble by revealing lessthanwelcome news about the future of her franchise. One example of this is how rowling never really mentions jewish characters in the harry potter books themselves. She always comes up with new answers and explanations which no one ever cares about or need to know just to keep t. There are 11 wizarding schools in the harry potter universe. She may be content to leave harry potters story be for now, theres still plenty for. Jk rowling confirms that harry potter is bisexual ahead of. Rowling is also known to share things that were never mentioned in the book, sometimes garnering criticism when for example a main character like albus dumbledore is. Harry potter writer jk rowling is releasing a brand new childrens book title the ickabog for free online ahead of a november 2020 publication. In harry potter and the sorcerers stone, the book that started it all understatement of the century, harry potter discovers his true identity in the wee hours of his eleventh birthday. May 30, 2019 harry potter and the sorcerers stone was a global bestseller in 1997, and rowling went on to add six more books to the series one for each year of harrys education at hogwarts. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone was a global bestseller in 1997, and rowling went on to add six more books to the series one for each year of harry s education at hogwarts.
Why is the harry potter fandom starting to turn against jk. Rowling will always be best known for her stories about a boy wizard and the world he inhabits, but she has written several works outside of the harry potter universe. Described as a standalone fairy tale, the ickabog is rowlings first childrens book not to take place in the harry potter universe. Rowling to release harry potter short stories in june national. Jk rowling turned down by 12 publishers before finding. However, jk rowling has since released several other titles based in the same world, with this new ebook series being the. May 31, 2019 a post on pottermore has announced that j. The first harry potter book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, was published in. On top of the harry potter series, jk rowling has written a few supplemental books that tie in to the harry potter. As the last chapter in the last book of the harry potter series ended on 1 september 2017, inuth will revisit the franchise and bring you a series of interesting articles pertaining to the books. The main seven book harry potter series was completed back in 2007. The harry potter books can be read over and over again is because of the rich details are in j. Harry potters jk rowling is putting out brand new book for free.
To prove this point, she mentioned a character named anthony goldstein. And since closing the book on the main series in 2007, she keeps adding to it. The unsolicited harry potter facts meme makes that. Readers who long imagined themselves in harry potter s world have a chance to immerse themselves in another fictional universe created by j. The first harry potter book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, was published in 1997 to immediate popular and critical acclaim. Rowlings harry potter series of fantasy novels comprises two distinct societies. There are spinoff books, movies, and a play in the franchise. Apr 25, 2018 jack taylorgetty images newsgetty images.
Rowling releasing four brand new harry potter books. The books have been translated into over 80 languages, won multiple awards, and sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, becoming the. May 30, 2019 harry potter fans, this is your official heads up. Rowling just released a new detail that could shake up the entire harry potter universe in a post on her pottermore website titled the potter family, the bestselling author. For those of us who have read every harry potter book from cover to cover, we are generally quite confident that we know everything about the harry potter universe. Rowling, best known for her wildly popular harry potter books, has.
There are spinoff books, movies, and a play in the franchise many of which reveal new insight about harry, ron, hermione, and other characters from the original series. Jan 31, 2016 harry potter and the goblet of fire there are 11 wizarding schools in the harry potter universe, j. Rowling begins publishing the ickabog, for children. Why people are excited about the two new harry potter books. Rowling is most famous for authoring the harry potter series, which have gained international attention and have won multiple awards. After it started being published she was still a humble writer who was true to her story. Rowlings original questions and see where the sorting hat puts you. Throughout the next five years, rowling would write harry potter and the sorcerers stone in small fragments on bits of paper, which eventually transformed into longhand sheets.
She is best known for writing the harry potter fantasy series, which has won multiple awards and sold more than 500 million copies, becoming the bestselling book. In harry potter and the chamber of secrets, harry and friends return to. Ever since the publication of her seventh hogwarts novel, harry potter and the deathly hallows, in. Since the release of the first novel, harry potter and the philosophers stone, on 26 june 1997, the books have found immense. Some fans, however, are perturbed that these characters dont actually identify as gay in the books. The wizarding world is a fantasy media franchise and shared fictional universe centred on a series of films, based on the harry potter novel series by j. Harry potter jk rowling biography books by jk rowling. Rowling is planning to expand her wizarding world with four new books set in the harry potter universe though maybe not exactly. The books have been translated into over 80 languages, won multiple awards, and sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, becoming the bestselling book series in history. Rowling expanded the harry potter universe with several short books. Harry potter is midway through his training as a shelve harry potter and the goblet of fire. After multiple failures on other novels, she knew she only had this thing to cling onto. The fifth book, titled harry potter and the order of the phoenix, was delayed by an.
Harry potter author to release four new magical books. Jk rowling begins publishing the ickabog, for children in lockdown. Jk rowling writes new book of fairy tales from harry. As the old saying goes, power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Along with the three companion books written for charity, the series has sold over 500 million copies, been translated into 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. Rowling is releasing 4 new harry potter books online. Apr 01, 2019 harry potter will come out as bisexual and have a love affair with ron weasley in a new spinoff book series, jk rowling has confirmed. Since the conclusion of the main harry potter novel and movie series in 2011, fans have been treated to not only a number of inuniverse books. K rowling is set to release some new ebooks based in the harry potter universe starting on june 27 of this year. Rowling was writing a script based on her book fantastic beasts and. Joanne jo rowling, ch, obe, frsl, frcpe born 31 july, 1965 in yate better known by her pen name j. Here weve listed all the harry potter books in order, along with commentary on what. Rowling expanded the harry potter universe with several short books produced for various charities. The new trilogy of novels will take place 19 years after the.