"Christopher Little, moving to a new agency founded by one of his staff, Neil Blair. On 23 February 2012, his agency, the Blair Partnership, announced on its website that Rowling was set to publish a new book targeted at adults. In a press release, Rowling said that her new book would be quite different from Harry Potter. In April 2012, Little, Brown and Company announced that the book was titled ""The Casual Vacancy"" and would be released on 27 September 2012. Rowling gave several interviews and made appearances to promote ""The Casual Vacancy"", including at the London Southbank Centre, the"
"deemed taboo, saw significant critical and commercial success. A flip-side of this trend was a strong revived interest in the romance novel. With an increase in number of teenagers the genre ""matured, blossomed, and came into its own, with the better written, more serious, and more varied young adult books (than those) published during the last two decades"". The first novel in J.K. Rowling's seven-book ""Harry Potter"" series, ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", was published in 1997. The series was praised for its complexity and maturity, and attracted a wide adult audience. While not technically YA, its success led"
"working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International when she conceived the idea for the ""Harry Potter"" series while on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990. The seven-year period that followed saw the death of her mother, birth of her first child, divorce from her first husband and relative poverty until the first novel in the series, ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", was published in 1997. There were six sequels, of which the last, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", was released in 2007. Since then, Rowling has written five books for adult readers:"
"in November 2007. James Potter (series) The ""James Potter"" series is an unofficial sequel-series of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter universe, written by G. Norman Lippert. The novel series centers around the character of James Sirius Potter, Harry Potter's son, a character who makes a fleeting appearance in the novel ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"". The series starts with his first year at Hogwarts, set one year before the end of the Harry Potter series. The first book in the series was intended to be released for free on Lippert's website in December 2007. J.K. Rowling threatened legal action against"
"James Potter (series) The ""James Potter"" series is an unofficial sequel-series of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter universe, written by G. Norman Lippert. The novel series centers around the character of James Sirius Potter, Harry Potter's son, a character who makes a fleeting appearance in the novel ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"". The series starts with his first year at Hogwarts, set one year before the end of the Harry Potter series. The first book in the series was intended to be released for free on Lippert's website in December 2007. J.K. Rowling threatened legal action against the book's publication"
"her publishers to adopt a more gender-neutral pen name in order to appeal to the male members of this age group, fearing that they would not be interested in reading a novel they knew to be written by a woman. She elected to use J. K. Rowling (Joanne Kathleen Rowling), using her grandmother's name as her second name because she has no middle name. ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"" was published by Bloomsbury, the publisher of all ""Harry Potter"" books in the United Kingdom, on 26 June 1997. It was released in the United States on 1 September 1998"
"Harry Potter Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's struggle against Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the wizard governing body known as the Ministry of Magic, and subjugate all wizards and Muggles (non-magical people). Since the release of the first novel, ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", on 26"
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. The first novel in the ""Harry Potter"" series and Rowling's debut novel, it follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry makes close friends and a few enemies during his first year at the school, and with the help of his friends, Harry faces an attempted comeback by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed"
"Then he spent three years at art school in Cambridge. After finishing his education he found his first job at ""Heffer’s Children’s Bookshop"". In his spare time he was looking for something that was close to his desires - books illustrations. And in about a year he was offered to do a book cover by Bloomsbury Publishing. It happened to be the first book by J. K. Rowling about Harry Potter. And along with books illustrations he began writing books for children by himself and soon found out that it was much of his interest and really a work that"
"the experience on her website saying: Rowling completed ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"" in 1995 and the manuscript was sent off to several prospective agents. The second agent she tried, Christopher Little, offered to represent her and sent the manuscript to Bloomsbury. After eight other publishers had rejected ""Philosopher's Stone"", Bloomsbury offered Rowling a £2,500 advance for its publication. Despite Rowling's statement that she did not have any particular age group in mind when beginning to write the ""Harry Potter"" books, the publishers initially targeted children aged nine to eleven. On the eve of publishing, Rowling was asked by"
"""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"" in 1997 and ended with the seventh and final book ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"" in 2007; becoming the best selling book-series in history. The series has been translated into 67 languages, placing Rowling among the most translated authors in history. Adventure stories written specifically for children began in the 19th century. Early examples include Johann David Wyss' ""The Swiss Family Robinson"" (1812), Frederick Marryat's ""The Children of the New Forest"" (1847) and Harriet Martineau's ""The Peasant and the Prince"" (1856). The Victorian era saw the development of the genre, with W.H.G. Kingston,"
"by Scholastic – the American publisher of the books – as ""Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"", after Rowling had received US$105,000 for the American rights – a record amount for a children's book by an unknown author. Fearing that American readers would not associate the word ""philosopher"" with magic (although the Philosopher's Stone is an ancient tradition in alchemy), Scholastic insisted that the book be given the title ""Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"" for the American market. The second book, ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"", was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and"
"English Monachism"" (1900); ""The House of de Mailly: A Romance"" (1901); ""Istar of Babylon: A Phantasy"" (1902); ""A Social Lion"" (1903, under pseudonym Robert Dolly Williams); ""The Castle of Twilight"" (1903); ""The Flame-Gatherers"" (1904); ""The Fire of Spring"" (1905); ""The Genius"" (1906); ""The Princess"" (1907); and ""The Golden Ladder"" (1908). Her works were generally historical fiction, with romance plots and exotic settings for American readers, though ""A Social Lion"" and ""The Golden Ladder"" are set in Chicago. There were also fantasy elements in some of Potter's novels, such as supernatural characters (the title character in ""Istar of Babylon"" is the"
"the novel, and was won by Scholastic Inc., for US$105,000. Rowling said that she ""nearly died"" when she heard the news. In October 1998, Scholastic published ""Philosopher's Stone"" in the US under the title of ""Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"", a change Rowling says she now regrets and would have fought if she had been in a better position at the time. Rowling moved from her flat with the money from the Scholastic sale, into 19 Hazelbank Terrace in Edinburgh. Its sequel, ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"", was published in July 1998 and again Rowling won the"
"James Sirius Potter, during his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A specialist in intellectual property law at Strathclyde University commented that, ""If an insubstantial character from a novel is taken and built up by another author in a new story, that can be a defence against copyright infringements."" However, after Lippert offered Rowling an advance copy of the novel, Rowling dismissed her threat and said she supported the novel and any others like it. Lippert subsequently produced a sequel, ""James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper"". After the novel first appeared online in early November"
"considered suitable only for children: ""The Western World does not seem to have conceived the necessity of Fairy Tales for Grown-Ups"". Edward Wagenknecht also discussed fantasy elements in both children's and adult fiction in his 1946 article ""The Little Prince Rides the White Deer"". However, it was the advent of high fantasy and, most importantly, the popularity of J. R. R. Tolkien's ""The Hobbit"" and ""The Lord of the Rings"" which finally allowed fantasy to truly enter into the mainstream. Tolkien had published ""The Hobbit"" in 1937 and ""The Lord of the Rings"" in the 1950s; while the first was"
"June 1997; the second, ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"", was published on 2 July 1998; and the third, ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"", followed on 8 July 1999. ""Goblet of Fire"" is considerably longer than the first three; almost twice the size (the paperback edition was 636 pages). Rowling stated that she ""knew from the beginning it would be the biggest of the first four"". She said there needed to be a ""proper run-up"" for the conclusion and rushing the ""complex plot"" could confuse readers. She also stated that ""everything is on a bigger scale"" which"
"to his literary agent, Rosemary Stimola. Upon seeing a sample of that first book, Stimola immediately agreed to represent Collins and sent the book's manuscript to Scholastic. Stimola represented Collins throughout the publication of each book in the series, including ""Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods"", and helped to bolster Collins's confidence during the ""Harry wave"" – her name for the ""skewed publisher expectations about what constitutes a success"" that resulted from the publication of J. K. Rowling's ""Harry Potter"" series. After the publication of ""Gregor the Overlander"" in 2003, Collins moved with her family to rural Connecticut. There"
"US on 8 September 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"", the longest novel in the Harry Potter series, was released 21 June 2003. After the publishing of ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"", the seventh and final novel, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", was released 21 July 2007. The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US. Rowling stated that"
"An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction"". In November 2007, ""The Scotsman"" reported that Rowling had threatened legal action against American computer programmer G. Norman Lippert for allegedly violating her intellectual property rights by producing and publishing the online novel, ""James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing"", an unofficial and unauthorised continuation of the ""Harry Potter"" series. Written as a fan fiction project for Lippert's wife and sons, the novel is set eighteen years after the end of the last official installment in the series, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", and describes the adventures of Harry Potter's son,"
"that has been accepted into mainstream literature, alongside Jostein Gaarder's ""Sophie's World"" (1991) and J. K. Rowling's ""Harry Potter"" series (1997–2007). Tolkien intended ""The Hobbit"" as a ""fairy-story"" and wrote it in a tone suited to addressing children although he said later that the book was not specifically written for children but had rather been created out of his interest in mythology and legend. Many of the initial reviews refer to the work as a fairy story. However, according to Jack Zipes writing in ""The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales"", Bilbo is an atypical character for a fairy tale. The"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the seventh and final novel of the ""Harry Potter"" series. The book was released on 21 July 2007, ending the series that began in 1997 with the publication of ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"". It was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing, in the United States by Scholastic, and in Canada by Raincoast Books. The novel chronicles the events directly following ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" (2005) and the final confrontation between"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the seventh and final novel of the ""Harry Potter"" series. The book was released on 21 July 2007, ending the series that began in 1997 with the publication of ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"". It was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing, in the United States by Scholastic, and in Canada by Raincoast Books. The novel chronicles the events directly following ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" (2005) and the final confrontation between"
"Goldman started writing short stories and novels, largely of the fantasy and science fiction genres. Writing under the pen name of J. Goldenlane, she sought out many publishing houses before Beholder finally published ""Isteni balhé"" (2001). Because of being isolated by language, Hungarian authors had a tradition of publishing under anglicized names to appeal to English-speaking markets. In addition, Goldman chose to use an initial rather than her given name to gain sales in the male-dominated fantasy/adventure world, as has English writer J.K. Rowling of the Harry Potter series. In the following years Goldman published a series of novels with"
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a fantasy book written by British author J. K. Rowling and the fourth novel in the ""Harry Potter"" series. It follows Harry Potter, a wizard in his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the mystery surrounding the entry of Harry's name into the Triwizard Tournament, in which he is forced to compete. The book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury and in the United States by Scholastic; in both countries the release date was 8 July 2000, the first"
"services to literature and philanthropy. J. K. Rowling Joanne Rowling , ( ""rolling""; born 31 July 1965), writing under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, philanthropist, film producer, television producer and screenwriter, best known for writing the ""Harry Potter"" fantasy series. The books have won multiple awards, and sold more than 500 million copies, becoming the best-selling book series in history. They have also been the basis for a film series, over which Rowling had overall approval on the scripts and was a producer on the final films in the series. Born in"
"approximately June 1990 and some time in 1995. In 1990 Jo Rowling, as she preferred to be known, wanted to move with her boyfriend to a flat in Manchester and in her words, ""One weekend after flat hunting, I took the train back to London on my own and the idea for Harry Potter fell into my head... A scrawny, little, black-haired, bespectacled boy became more and more of a wizard to me... I began to write ""Philosopher's Stone"" that very evening. Although, the first couple of pages look nothing like the finished product."" Then Rowling's mother died and, to"
"Jungle Book"" (1894), and ""Moonfleet"" (1898) by J. Meade Falkner. In the 1950s, two influential adult novels, ""The Catcher in the Rye"" (1951) and ""Lord of the Flies"" (1954), which were not initially marketed to adolescents, still attracted the attention of the adolescent demographic. The modern classification of young-adult fiction originated during the 1950s and 1960s, especially after the publication of S. E. Hinton's ""The Outsiders"" (1967). The novel features a truer, darker side of adolescent life that was not often represented in works of fiction of the time, and was the first novel published specifically marketed for young adults"
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the fifth novel in the ""Harry Potter"" series. It follows Harry Potter's struggles through his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, including the surreptitious return of the antagonist Lord Voldemort, O.W.L. exams, and an obstructive Ministry of Magic. The novel was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada. Five million copies were sold in the first"
"J. K. Rowling Joanne Rowling , ( ""rolling""; born 31 July 1965), writing under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, philanthropist, film producer, television producer and screenwriter, best known for writing the ""Harry Potter"" fantasy series. The books have won multiple awards, and sold more than 500 million copies, becoming the best-selling book series in history. They have also been the basis for a film series, over which Rowling had overall approval on the scripts and was a producer on the final films in the series. Born in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, Rowling was"
"in paperback form when published as one of the precursor volumes to the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in 1968. From the early 1930s to late 1940s, an informal literary discussion group associated with the English faculty at the University of Oxford, were the ""Inklings"". Its leading members were the major fantasy novelists; C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. Lewis is known for ""The Screwtape Letters"" (1942), ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" (1950–1956) and ""The Space Trilogy"" (1938–1945), while Tolkien is best known as the author of ""The Hobbit"" (1937), ""The Lord of the Rings"" (1954–1955), and ""The Silmarillion"" (1977)."
"the year, Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione investigate the attacks. The book was published in the United Kingdom on 2 July 1998 by Bloomsbury and later, in the United States on 2 June 1999 by Scholastic Inc. Although Rowling says she found it difficult to finish the book, it won high praise and awards from critics, young readers and the book industry, although some critics thought the story was perhaps too frightening for younger children. Much like with other novels in the series, ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"" triggered religious debates; some religious authorities have condemned"
"the publisher of all ""Harry Potter"" books in the United Kingdom, on 30 June 1997. It was released in the United States on 1 September 1998 by Scholastic—the American publisher of the books—as ""Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"", after Rowling had received US$105,000 for the American rights—an unprecedented amount for a children's book by a then-unknown author. The second book, ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"" was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998, and in the US on 2 June 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" was then published a year later in"