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a b "Harry Potter finale sales hit 11m". BBC News. 23 July 2007. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008 . Retrieved 21 August 2008. Pharr, Mary (22 April 2016). "A paradox: the Harry Potter series as both epic and postmodern". In Berndt, Katrin; Steveker, Lena (eds.). Heroism in the Harry Potter Series. Routledge. Hogwarts Legacy – extended gameplay showcase". Gematsu. 11 November 2022 . Retrieved 17 October 2023. Although she writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, before her remarriage her name was Joanne Rowling, [2] or Jo. [3] At birth, she had no middle name. [2] Staff at Bloomsbury Publishing asked that she use two initials rather than her full name, anticipating that young boys – their target audience – would not want to read a book written by a woman. [2] She chose K (for Kathleen) as the second initial of her pen name, from her paternal grandmother, and In 2016, she released three new e-books: Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide, Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists

Harry becomes a student at Hogwarts and is sorted into Gryffindor House. He gains the friendship of Ron Weasley, a member of a large but poor wizarding family, and Hermione Granger, a witch of non-magical, or Muggle, parentage. The trio develop an enmity with the rich pure-blood student Draco Malfoy. Harry encounters the school's headmaster, Albus Dumbledore; the potions professor, Severus Snape, who displays a dislike for him; and the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Quirinus Quirrell. Quirrell turns out to be allied with Voldemort, who is still alive as a weak spirit. The first book concludes with Harry's confrontation with Voldemort, who, in his quest to regain a body, yearns to possess the Philosopher's Stone, a substance that bestows everlasting life. Rowling completed Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 1995 and the manuscript was sent off to several prospective agents. [56] The second agent she tried, Christopher Little, offered to represent her and sent the manuscript to several publishers. [57] Publishing history The logo used in British, Australian, and Canadian editions before 2010, which uses the typeface Cochin Bold [58] Fox, Killian (31 December 2006). "JK Rowling: The mistress of all she surveys". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 28 September 2014 . Retrieved 10 February 2007.Cassy, John (16 January 2003). "Harry Potter and the hottest day of summer". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media Limited. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013 . Retrieved 27 September 2008. Harry Potter at Bloomsbury Publishing– Adult and Children Covers". Bloomsbury Publishing. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008 . Retrieved 18 August 2008. Bell, Christopher, ed. (2012). Hermione Granger Saves the World: Essays on the Feminist Heroine of Hogwarts. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-7137-9.

In an 8 November 2002 Slate article, Chris Suellentrop likened Potter to a "trust-fund kid whose success at school is largely attributable to the gifts his friends and relatives lavish upon him". [123] In a 12 August 2007, review of Deathly Hallows in The New York Times, however, Christopher Hitchens praised Rowling for "unmooring" her "English school story" from literary precedents "bound up with dreams of wealth and class and snobbery", arguing that she had instead created "a world of youthful democracy and diversity". [124] Mendlesohn, Farah; James, Edward (2012). A Short History of Fantasy. Libri Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907471-66-7. OCLC 857653620. a b c Adler, Shawn (17 October 2007). " 'Harry Potter' Author J.K. Rowling Opens Up About Books' Christian Imagery". MTV. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017 . Retrieved 3 April 2018. Speed-reading after lights out". London: Guardian News and Media Limited. 19 July 2000. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013 . Retrieved 27 September 2008. Wilson, A. N. (29 July 2007). "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008 . Retrieved 28 September 2008.a b King, Stephen (23 July 2000). "Wild About Harry". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009 . Retrieved 9 August 2010. ...the Harry Potter books are, at heart, satisfyingly shrewd mystery tales. Further information: Fictional universe of Harry Potter Early years The Elephant House was one of the cafés in Edinburgh where Rowling wrote the first part of Harry Potter. All Time Worldwide Box Office Grosses". Box Office Mojo. 1998–2008. Archived from the original on 3 November 2010 . Retrieved 29 July 2008. Salon Columnist". Salon.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 16 June 2008 . Retrieved 3 August 2008. Universal and Warner Brothers created The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, a Harry Potter-themed expansion to the Islands of Adventure theme park at Universal Orlando Resort in Florida. It opened to the public on 18 June 2010. [246] It includes a re-creation of Hogsmeade and several rides; its flagship attraction is Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, which exists within a re-creation of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. [247]

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Nikolajeva, Maria (7 August 2008). "Harry Potter and the secrets of children's literature". In Heilman, Elizabeth E. (ed.). Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter (2nded.). Routledge.