J.K. Rowling is best known as the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which were published between 1997 and 2007 The enduringly popular adventures of Harry, Ron and Hermione have gone on to sen over 500 million copies, be translated into over 80 languages and made into eight blockbuster films. 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 Limos, and The Tales of Beadle the Bard.
in aid of Lumos. J.K. Rowling collaborated with playwright Jack Thorne and directorJohn Tiffany to continue Harry's story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Corned Child, which opened in London in 2016 and is now playing worldwide. 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.
J.K. Rowling has also wrin,, a standalone novel. The Casual Vacancy. and is the author of the Strike vein, series under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Both have been adapted for television. In 2020 J.K. Rowling returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The kkabog, the royalties from which she is donating to groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. She has received many award and honours, including 00 080 and a Companion of Honour for services to literature and philanthropy.
She lives in Scotland with her family. Jib Jim Kay won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012 for his illustrations in A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. He studied illustration at the University of Westminster and worked in the Library & Archives of Tate Britain and then nano assistant curator of botanical illustrations at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew before returning to producing art fulkime. After a one-man exhibition at Richmond Gallery he was approached by a publisher and his freelance career began.
Alongside his illustration work,Jim has produced concept work for film and television, and contributed to the group exhibition Memory Palace at the V&A Museum in London. The Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone man published to international acclaim. Bloomsbury has commissioned Jim to illustrate all seven books in J.K. Rowling's classic seriesjim lives and works in Sussex with his wife.
in aid of Lumos. J.K. Rowling collaborated with playwright Jack Thorne and directorJohn Tiffany to continue Harry's story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Corned Child, which opened in London in 2016 and is now playing worldwide. 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.
J.K. Rowling has also wrin,, a standalone novel. The Casual Vacancy. and is the author of the Strike vein, series under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Both have been adapted for television. In 2020 J.K. Rowling returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The kkabog, the royalties from which she is donating to groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. She has received many award and honours, including 00 080 and a Companion of Honour for services to literature and philanthropy.
She lives in Scotland with her family. Jib Jim Kay won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012 for his illustrations in A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. He studied illustration at the University of Westminster and worked in the Library & Archives of Tate Britain and then nano assistant curator of botanical illustrations at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew before returning to producing art fulkime. After a one-man exhibition at Richmond Gallery he was approached by a publisher and his freelance career began.
Alongside his illustration work,Jim has produced concept work for film and television, and contributed to the group exhibition Memory Palace at the V&A Museum in London. The Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone man published to international acclaim. Bloomsbury has commissioned Jim to illustrate all seven books in J.K. Rowling's classic seriesjim lives and works in Sussex with his wife.
