Rowling spoke this evening at the bath literature festival and made clear that if she ever returns to harry potter, she wont write a prequel. Jk rowling has written an 800word prequel to the harry potter series which is likely to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity at auction the handwritten short story, featuring the. Harry potter jk rowling biography books by jk rowling. 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. H arry potter fanatics worked tirelessly this week after j. Rowling, is a british author, film producer, television producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. Rowling is about to release 3 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 bestselling book series in history. The money raised went to english pen and dyslexia action. The unofficial harry potter prequel is an 800word story written by j. The announcement comes just two weeks after rowling s harry potter and the cursed child hit shelves. On february 10, harry potter fans got perhaps the best news of their lives j.
In what used to be her bedroom, a carving in the wall reads joanne rowling slept here circa 1982. Robert galbraith although she writes under the pen name j. This story was written for a charity auction in 2008. Plus the rest of the weeks best writing on books and related subjects. Anticipating that the target audience of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman, her publishers demanded that she use two initials. Jk rowling to pen harry potter spinoff film bbc news. For the tenth anniversary of harry potter and the order of the. Harry potter is leaving privet drive for the last time. At the moment, she has implied that she is done writing about the potter universe. The story was one of three harry potter writing projects undertaken by rowling after the publication of the final book, along with the tales of. Rowling is planning her first kids book since harry. Image caption jk rowling says the film is not a prequel nor sequel to harry potter. Harry potter book series 7 books harry potter and the sorcerers stone by j. The second film in the harry potter prequel franchise, fantastic.
Rowling in 2008 as part of a charity auction event, for which. Rowling posted an anagram on her twitter account that hinted at her latest project. Rowling would just be able to dive right in and write the whole of the first harry potter book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, without much rewriting. These books wont be stories of harry and his adventures, but they will be a. Rowling, and was published online on june 11th, 2008. Rowling, pronounced like rolling, her name when her first harry potter book was published was simply joanne rowling. Harry potter prequel the harry potter compendium fandom. Rowling ever wrote was an 800word marauders prequel for charity in 2008.
Rowling, mary grandpre october 1998 order in the next 7 hours 26 minutes and get it by tuesday, march 03. The book is the script of a twopart stage play, currently being performed in. The series has sold more than 500 million copies and was adapted into a. Rowling has written three collections of short stories that take readers deeper into the dark side of the harry potter wizarding world, publishers confirmed wednesday.
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. Set three years before the birth of harry potter, the story recounts an adventure had by sirius black and james potter. Rowling just confirmed four new harry potter adjacent books are coming out. The gothicstyle house was built in 1852 and has vaulted ceilings and. Since the final potter book came out in 2007, she has kept herself busy. There was no title given but it has generally been come to be known as the harry potter prequel. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. The new fantastic beasts films, the new harry potter and the cursed child, and so new book covers coming out. Rowling teases a new book sequel video april 10, 2015 8.
Rowling is releasing 4 new harry potter books online. If youre also a harry potter fan which im guessing you are id be really interested in what your thoughts on j. But the dark lord is breathing fear into everything he loves. Rowling is writing a prequel to her bestselling series to be auctioned for charity but at just 800 words, it may lack some of. Rowling also wrote and auctioned off a prequel short story from the harry potter universe, about james potter and sirius black escaping a few muggle cops. Jk rowling confirms that harry potter is bisexual ahead of. Rowling has a lot on her plate, collaborating with other writers to pen scripts for harry potter and the cursed child and the. Jk rowling has revealed where she started writing the harry potter books, contradicting fans who believed for years that edinburgh was its birthplace. 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. How could you not unconditionally love this little treat from rowling published online in june 2008 with the sole purpose of raising money while o.
When harry potter and the deathly hallows came out in 2007, author j. Rowling is planning to expand her wizarding world with four new books set in the harry potter universe though maybe not exactly. The harry potter prequel is an 800word story written by j. Its still not too late for a marauders book or tv show, j. But harry wouldnt have existed without his parents generation so lets acknowledge that the best thing j. The first harry potter book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, was published in 1997 to immediate popular and critical acclaim. Author jk rowling has written not one, but four new books about the wizarding world. From the sorting hat to wand woods, the marauders map and more. But as he climbs into the sidecar of hagrids motorbike and they take to the skies, he knows lord voldemort and the death eaters will not be far behind.
An 800word, untitled short story, unofficially known as the harry potter prequel, was written by j. On top of the harry potter series, jk rowling has written a few supplemental books that tie in to the harry potter. Other titles often given are maraudersera prequel and drumsticks it was handwritten and signed by rowling an a5 card. The protective charm that has kept him safe until now is broken. Will jk rowling write about the first wars a prequel to. Rowling is most famous for authoring the harry potter series, which have gained international attention and have won multiple awards. Jk rowling is to make her screenwriting debut in a new harry potter themed film. Theyre a brief prequel to the harry potter series written by j. Rowling became famous for writing the harry potter series, she lived in church cottage, tutshill, in the forest of dean with her family sister dianne, mother anne, and father peter from the age of 9 to 18. 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 cast a spell over the world with her harry potter series, and when she released the final book in the series in july of 2007 diehard fans of. Rowling announced on may 28, 2008 that she was writing a prequel story for english pen, the writers. Six further bestselling books and eight blockbuster films followed. A harry potter prequel is stolen the new york times. Rowling cast a spell over the world with her harry potter series, and when she released the final book in the series in july of 2007 diehard fans of the boy wizard were desperate for more. Rowling was coming out with another installment of her classic series concerning the boy who lived. 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. Rowling was pretty insistent that the seventh installment had closed the book on. Harry potter and the deathly hallows, published in 2007, could have marked the final entry in rowling s sevenpart fantasy series. Jk rowling stuns fans by confirming real birthplace of.
Joanne jo rowling, ch, obe, frsl, frcpe born 31 july, 1965 in yate better known by her pen name j. It gives a brief insight into the life of the marauders during the first war. It was handwritten for a charity event at waterstones and auctioned off for. Rowling has written a harry potter sequel vanity fair. Rowling is planning to write another book for kids and it. Probably the most famous author in the world, rowling was the first author to become a billionaire. Rowling buys home that inspired harry potter series. She also plotted out all the events of the seven books before she started writing the first. Rowling, is a british author and screenwriter best known for her seven book harry potter childrens book series. Like any author of a bestselling childrens book series, j. Jk rowling pens harry potter prequel for charities books.