Harry Potter Boxed Set: The Complete Collection (Adult Paperback): Adult Edition. Rowling is the author of the enduringly popular Harry Potter books. After the idea for Harry Potter came to her on a delayed train journey in 1990, she plotted out and started writing the series of seven books and the first, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was published in the UK in 1997. The series took another ten years to complete, concluding in 2007 with the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
To accompany the series, J. Rowling 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. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them went on to inspire a new series of films featuring Magizoologist Newt Scamander.Harry's story as a grown-up was continued in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which J. Rowling wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany, and which is now playing in multiple locations around the world.
She is also the author of a bestselling crime fiction series, and two stand-alone children's novels, The Ickabog and The Christmas Pig. Rowling has received many awards and honours for her writing, including the OBE and Companion of Honour, and a Blue Peter Gold Badge. She supports a wide number of humanitarian causes through Volant and is the founder of the international children's care reform charity Lumos.
Rowling lives in Scotland with her family. To find out more about J. These adult editions of J. Rowling's Harry Potter novels have been stylishly redesigned to showcase beautiful jackets by renowned woodcut artist Andrew Davidson.
This spectacular box set includes all seven novels and is perfect for Harry Potter novices and collectors alike. Contains (in reading order): Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
The complete collection of J. Rowling's Harry Potter novels, with stunning redesigned collectable jackets by acclaimed woodcut artist Andrew Davidson. One of the greatest literary adventures of modern times? Sunday TelegraphHogwarts is a creation of genius?Times Literary SupplementAn incredibly gifted novelist... The fact that Harry attracted adults as well as children has never surprised me. Rowling has set the standard: it's a high one? 25.3 x 13.3 x 20.7 cm.
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