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** ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' ([[2003]]) | ** ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' ([[2003]]) | ||
** ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' ([[2005]]) | ** ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' ([[2005]]) | ||
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=== Booklets === | === Booklets === | ||
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* ''Quidditch Through the Ages'' ([[2001]]), as "Kennilworthy Whisp" (fictional character) | * ''Quidditch Through the Ages'' ([[2001]]), as "Kennilworthy Whisp" (fictional character) | ||
== Quotes == | |||
=== On Her Books Being Banned === | |||
Regarding [http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=95 Banned Books Week], J.K. Rowling wrote, on Friday 29 September 2006: | |||
: Once again, the Harry Potter books feature on this year's list of most-banned books. As this puts me in the company of Harper Lee, Mark Twain, J. D. Salinger, William Golding, John Steinbeck and other writers I revere, I have always taken my annual inclusion on the list as a great honour. "Every burned book enlightens the world." - Ralph Waldo Emerson | |||
=== On Size and Women === | |||
On [http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=22 For Girls Only, Probably...], Rowling talks about "how strange and sick the 'fat' insult is": | |||
:I went to the British Book Awards that evening. After the award ceremony I bumped into a woman I hadn't seen for nearly three years. The first thing she said to me? 'You've lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw you!' | |||
:'Well,' I said, slightly nonplussed, 'the last time you saw me I'd just had a baby.' | |||
:What I felt like saying was, 'I've produced my third child and my sixth novel since I last saw you. Aren't either of those things more important, more interesting, than my size?' But no – my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book: finally, something to celebrate! | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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* [http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0746830/ J.K. Rowling filmography at the Internet Movie Database] | * [http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0746830/ J.K. Rowling filmography at the Internet Movie Database] | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:07, 19 July 2010
Joanne Rowling (born 31 July 1965) is an English writer and one of the most popular authors in the world.
Her books appear under the name "J.K. Rowling" because her publisher, Bloomsbury, felt that initials would be more likely to appeal to a male readership than a female name. (The K stands for "Kathleen", her grandmother's name, as Rowling has no middle name.) This is an effect of sexism in publishing.
Rowling's Harry Potter series is a world-wide best-seller, which has been translated in dozens of languages, adapted into audiobooks and blockbuster movies, turned into a profitable merchandising franchise, and has inspired millions of fan fiction stories.
Bibliography
Novels
- Harry Potter series
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007)
Booklets
Non-profit Harry Potter tie-in books whose proceeds went to a charitable organisation:
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2001) as "Newt Scamander" (fictional character)
- Quidditch Through the Ages (2001), as "Kennilworthy Whisp" (fictional character)
Quotes
On Her Books Being Banned
Regarding Banned Books Week, J.K. Rowling wrote, on Friday 29 September 2006:
- Once again, the Harry Potter books feature on this year's list of most-banned books. As this puts me in the company of Harper Lee, Mark Twain, J. D. Salinger, William Golding, John Steinbeck and other writers I revere, I have always taken my annual inclusion on the list as a great honour. "Every burned book enlightens the world." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Size and Women
On For Girls Only, Probably..., Rowling talks about "how strange and sick the 'fat' insult is":
- I went to the British Book Awards that evening. After the award ceremony I bumped into a woman I hadn't seen for nearly three years. The first thing she said to me? 'You've lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw you!'
- 'Well,' I said, slightly nonplussed, 'the last time you saw me I'd just had a baby.'
- What I felt like saying was, 'I've produced my third child and my sixth novel since I last saw you. Aren't either of those things more important, more interesting, than my size?' But no – my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book: finally, something to celebrate!