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J.K. Rowling

J. K. (Jo) Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury in the UK in 1965. She attended the University of Exeter in Devon where she studied French. Her parents hoped that by studying languages, she would enjoy a great career as a bilingual secretary. But as Jo recalls, 'I am one of the most disorganised people in the world and, as I later proved, the worst secretary ever.' She claims that she never paid much attention in meetings because she was too busy scribbling down ideas.

When she was 26, she went to Portugal to teach English, which she really enjoyed. Working afternoons and evenings, she had mornings free to write. When she returned to the UK, Jo had a suitcase full of stories about Harry Potter. In 1996, one year after finishing the book, Bloomsbury bought Jo's first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. A few months after 'Harry' was accepted for publication in Britain, an American publisher bought the rights for enough money to enable Jo to write full time.

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Harry Potter Hardback Boxed Set
J.K. Rowling
February 2010 Guest Editor Robert Muchamore on Harry Potter. Occasionally writers get to leave the house. Often it’s some kind of party. Chatter, wine, nibbles. At one of these I was accosted in the toilets by an elderly and...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2007

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Harry Potter Hardback Boxed Set
J.K. Rowling

Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2007

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J.K. Rowling
The seventh and final instalment of the Harry Potter series. Also available as a CD Audiobook. The previous books in the series are as follows:- 1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Also available as a CD Audiobook.2....
Format: Hardback - Released: 21/07/2007

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Harry Potter Boxed Set, Children's Edition
J.K. Rowling
Chosen by the public through a survey to coincide with the 10th birthday celebrations of World Book Day 2007, this title is one of ‘the ten books the nation can’t live without’. Have you read them all? Below are...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/10/2006

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The Tales of Beedle the Bard
J.K. Rowling
A richly magical collection of tales from J. K. Rowling that will satisfy fans and new readers alike GBP1.61 from every sale of Bloomsbury's edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard will be donated to the Children's High Level...
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/12/2008

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Harry Potter Adult Hardback Boxed Set
J.K. Rowling
A boxed set that covers Harry Potter titles - 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 ,...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2007

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Harry Potter Special Edition Boxed Set
J.K. Rowling
Contains all seven Harry Potter titles - 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...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2007

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Harry Potter Hardback Boxed Set
J.K. Rowling
Contains all seven Harry Potter titles - 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...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J.K. Rowling
Harry discovers what fate truly has in store for him as he inexorably makes his way to the final meeting with Voldemort.
Format: Hardback - Released: 21/07/2007

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J.K. Rowling
A work that is part of Harry Potter series.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J.K. Rowling
A work that is part of Harry Potter series.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J.K. Rowling
A work that is part of Harry Potter series.
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harrius Potter Et Camera Secretorum
J.K. Rowling
Harrius Potter est magus. Discipulus est secundarius Scholae Hogvartensis Artium Magicarum et Fascinationis. Vix scit hoc anno tot miracula futura esse quam anno proximo.
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/01/2007

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/10/2005

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Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince Children's Edition
J.K. Rowling
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Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince
J.K. Rowling
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Irish Edition
J.K. Rowling
Part of the Harry Potter series, this book is in Irish Gaelic.
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/10/2004

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling
Harry can't wait for his holidays with the dire Dursleys to end. But a small, self-punishing house-elf warns Harry of mortal danger awaiting him at Hogwarts School. Returning to the castle nevertheless, Harry hears a rumour about a chamber of...
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter's parents were wizards, killed by a Dark Lord's curse when Harry was just a baby, and which he somehow survived. Escaping his hideous Muggle guardians for Hogwarts, a wizarding school brimming with ghosts and enchantments, Harry stumbles upon...
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter is lucky to reach the age of thirteen, since he has survived the murderous attacks of the feared Dark Wizard Voldemort three times. But his hopes for a quiet term concentrating on Quidditch are dashed when a maniacal...
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J.K. Rowling
When the Quidditch World Cup is disrupted by Voldemort's rampaging supporters and the terrifying Dark Mark is resurrected, it is obvious to Harry that Voldemort is getting stronger. The ultimate symbol to the magic world of the evil Lord's return...
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Ancient Greek Edition
J.K. Rowling
A modern children's classic available in Ancient Greek.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is desperate to get back to school and find out why his friends Ron and Hermione have been so secretive all summer. However,...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2003

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling
This new novel by J. K. Rowling continues the further adventures of boy wizard Harry and his friends. Harry is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School, and what he is about to discover will turn his world...
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Harri Potter a Maen Yr Athronydd
J.K. Rowling
Part of the Harry Potter series translated into Welsh.
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/07/2003

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harrius Potter Et Philosophi Lapis
J.K. Rowling
Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis; Caput Primum; Puer qui Vixit; 'Dominus et Domina Dursley, qui vivebant in aedibus Gestationis Ligustrorum numero quattor signatis...' this opening, also known as 'Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive...' has become one...
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizadry. He is desperate to get back to school and find out why his friends Ron and Hermione have been so secretive all summer. However,...
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling
Harry is furious that he has been abandoned at the Dursleys' house for the summer, for he suspects that Voldemort is gathering an army, that he himself could be attacked, and that his so-called friends are keeping him in the...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Little does he know that this year will be just as eventful as the last.
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/08/2002

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter, along with his best friends, Ron and Hermione, is about to start his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harary can't wait to get back to school after the summer holidays. But when Harry gets...
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J.K. Rowling
The summer holidays are dragging on and Harry Potter can't wait for the start of the school year. There are spells to be learnt, potions to be brewed and Divination lessons (sigh) to be attended. Harry is expecting these: however,...
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house, which he thinks is normal for someone like him who's parents have been killed in a 'car crash'....
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/03/2001

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J.K. Rowling
The summer holidays are dragging on and Harry Potter can't wait for the start of the school year. It is his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and there are spells to be learnt and (unluckily) Potions...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/10/2000

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J.K. Rowling
The first in the fantastically successful Harry Potter series in a luxury gift edition
Format: Hardback - Released: 27/09/1999

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling
The three firm friends, Harry, Ron and Hermione, are soon immersed in the daily round of Potions, Herbology, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Quidditch. But then horrible and mysterious things begin to happen. Harry keeps hearing strange voices,...
Format: Hardback - Released: 27/09/1999

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling
Third installment of the Harry Potter series - a once-supporter of Voldemort escapes from Azkaban prison, and is trying to get into Hogwarts to find Harry
Format: Hardback - Released: 08/07/1999

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It's always a relief after summer with the Dursleys, however, Harry doesn't realise that this year will be as eventful as the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 28/06/1999

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