Did you know that : there are 700 ways of committing a foul in Quidditch? The game first began to evolve on Queerditch Marsh - What Bumphing is? That Puddlemere United is oldest team in the Britain and Ireland league (founded 1163). All this information and much more could be yours once you have read this book: this is all you could ever need to know about the history, the rules - and the breaking of the rules - of the noble wizarding sport of Quidditch.

Author Biography

The author: JK Rowling lives in Edinburgh with her young daughter. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was her first novel she plans to write seven novels in all featuring Harry Potter. JK Rowling is the winner of the 1998 Bookseller's Association Author of the Year Award, and the 1999 Nibbies Author of the year Award, both the first time these awards have been given to a children's author. Film rights have now been optioned by Warner for the first two Harry Potter stories, and the film of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is due in November 2001. JK Rowling has won many awards for the Harry Potter titles, including the Nestle Smarties Award (three times), the Children's Book Award, and the Young Telegraph Book Award. Total sales of Harry Potter in the Uk, Canada and Australia currently total over an incredible 16 million copies.