The companion books and original series are all available as audiobooks. Rowling also wrote three short companion volumes for charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in aid of Comic Relief, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, in aid of Lumos. The enduringly popular adventures of Harry, Ron and Hermione have gone on to sell over 600 million copies, be translated into over 80 languages and made into eight blockbuster films.Īlongside the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling is best-known as the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which were published between 19. You can find out more about Jim at ww.uk/. He now lives and works in Northamptonshire with his partner. Jim has produced concept work for film and television, and contributed to a group exhibition at the V&A museum in London. After producing a one-man exhibition at Richmond Gallery he was approached by a publisher and his freelance illustration work began. He studied illustration at the University of Westminster and since graduating has worked in the Library & Archives of Tate Britain and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Jim Kay won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012 for his illustrations in A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness.
She has received many awards and honours, including an OBE and a Companion of Honour for services to literature and philanthropy. Her latest children's novel The Christmas Pig, a standalone adventure story, was published in 2021. Rowling returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The Ickabog, the royalties from which she is donating to groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Rowling has also written a standalone novel, The Casual Vacancy, and is the author of the Strike crime series under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. In the same year, she made her debut as a screenwriter with the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first in a series featuring Magizoologist Newt Scamander, which was inspired by the original companion volume. Rowling collaborated with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany to continue Harry's story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened in London in 2016 and is now playing worldwide. Alongside the Harry Potter series, she also wrote three short companion volumes for charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, in aid of Lumos. The enduringly popular adventures of Harry, Ron and Hermione have gone on to sell over 500 million copies, be translated into over 80 languages and made into eight blockbuster films. Rowling is best known as the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which were published between 19.
An incredible adventure is about to begin! About the Author Then he hears of a missing stone with astonishing powers, which could be valuable, dangerous - or both. Leaving his unsympathetic aunt and uncle for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry stumbles upon a sinister mystery when he finds a three-headed dog guarding a room on the third floor.
His parents were wizards, killed by a Dark Lord's curse when Harry was just a baby, and which he somehow survived. When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter, a decade-old secret is revealed to him that apparently he's the last to know. Rowling's timeless classic, Jim Kay's glorious illustrations will captivate fans and new readers alike. Brimming with rich detail and humour that perfectly complements J.K. Prepare to be spellbound by Jim Kay's dazzling depiction of the wizarding world and much loved characters in this full-colour illustrated hardback edition of the nation's favourite children's book - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.