Author Biography

J.K. Rowling is the author of the record-breaking, multi-award-winning Harry Potter novels. Loved by fans around the world, the series has sold over 450 million copies, been translated into 79 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. She has written three companion volumes in aid of charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (in aid of Comic Relief), and The Tales of Beedle the Bard (in aid of Lumos), as well as a screenplay inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. J.K. Rowling has also collaborated on a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two. In 2012, J.K. Rowling's digital company Pottermore was launched, where fans can enjoy her new writing and immerse themselves deeper in the wizarding world. J.K. Rowling has written a novel for adult readers, The Casual Vacancy, and also writes crime novels under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. She has received many awards and honours, including an OBE for services to children's literature, France's Légion d'honneur and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

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A marriage made in heaven, Stephen Fry reading Harry Potter * The Times *
One of the greatest literary adventures of modern times * Sunday Telegraph *
Spellbinding, enchanting, bewitching stuff * Mirror *

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Bestselling and unabridged audio book read by actor, author and national treasure, Stephen Fry – famous for roles in The Hobbit, Blackadder and as the presenter of QI

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New, repackaged audio editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series, read by Stephen Fry. With irresistible new jackets by Jonny Duddle to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers...When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run - and they say he is coming after Harry. In his first ever Divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry's tea leaves ... But perhaps most terrifying of all are the Dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss.

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Spellbinding, enchanting, bewitching stuff

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Bestselling and unabridged audio book read by actor, author and national treasure, Stephen Fry - famous for roles in The Hobbit , Blackadde r and as the presenter of QI

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Classic family entertainment whether for listening at home or in the car - guaranteed to make time fly by ... magically!

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