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J.K. Rowling is the author of the much-loved series of seven Harry Potter
novels, originally published between 1997 and 2007. Along with the three
companion books written for charity, the series has sold over 500 million copies,
been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films.

Originally written by J.K. Rowling in aid of Comic Relief as a Hogwarts
textbook, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them became the inspiration
behind a new and original five-film series for Warner Bros., the first of which

was released in 2016. The second film in the series, Fantastic Beasts: The
Crimes of Grindelwald, was released in November 2018.

J.K. Rowling has collaborated with playwright Jack Thorne and director John

Tiffany on a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened on
London’s West End in 2016, on Broadway in 2018, and will have further
worldwide openings in 2019.

J.K. Rowling also writes the Cormoran Strike crime novels, under the
pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The fourth in this series was published in fall
2018. The Strike books have been adapted for television for BBC and HBO
television by Bronte Film & Television. J.K. Rowling is also the author of The
Casual Vacancy, a stand-alone novel for adults, published in 2012.