All the Harry Potter titles are now available in large print. This bestselling series has sold over 100 million copies around the world. The Harry Potter novels are prize-winning and consistently on the bestseller lists. Originally published as an author for children and still primarily so, J.K. Rowling has generated huge popular appeal for her books in an unprecedented fashion. J.K. Rowling was the first children's author to be voted the BA Author of the Year, and also to win the British Book Awards Author of the Year. A film of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, distributed by Warner Bros., has been released to huge success, with the sequel to come in November 2002.

Accolades

Winner of Smarties Book Prize Gold Award 1998.
Winner of Whitaker Platinum Book Award 2001.
Winner of Children's Book Award 1999.
Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.
Shortlisted for Whitbread Prize (Children's Book) 1998.
Shortlisted for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.

Author Biography

The author: JK Rowling lives in Edinburgh with her young daughter. 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' was her first novel, followed by 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban', and 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire', as well as two books written specifically for Comic Relief and based on the Harry Potter novels, 'Fanstastic Beasts and where to Find Them' and 'Quidditch through the Ages'. The Harry Potter novels have been prize-winning and consistently on the bestseller lists, and have now sold over 100 million copies world wide. Originally published as an author for children and still primarily so, JK Rowling has generated huge popular appeal for her books in an unprecedented fashion. JK Rowling was the first children's author to be voted the BA Author of the Year, and also to win the British Book Awards Author of the Year. A film of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone',distributed by Warner Brothers, has been released to huge success, with the sequel to come in November 2002.